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How to Destroy the Business Model of Breitbart and Fake News
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Style Wylde ?@stylewylde 11h11 hours ago
@GovHowardDean check out @slpng_giants for full details on the #BreitbartBoycott
Cha
(297,253 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)Just added Howard Dean to those I follow on Twitter
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)3M, AAA SoCal, Allstate, American Association for the Advancement of Science, AARP, AppNexus Inc, Aqua Carpatica, Avvo, Blue Sound Hifi, BOMBAS, Chasing Fireflies, Conrad CH, Earthlink, El Torito, Finlandia Cheese, Galaxus, Harry Rosen Inc., Kelloggs, LOccitane, Madison Reed, Miele, MM Lafleur, Mod Cloth, Monogram Appliances, Moz, MVMT watches, Novo Nordisk, One Month, Paperless Post, Post Schweiz, Rapid Release Technology, Rhone, Saddleback Bags, Salsify, San Diego Zoo, Shinola, SoFi, The Good Chocolate, The Land of Nod, The Webby Awards, Touch of Modern, U.S. Bank, Udis Gluten Free, Warby Parker, Welchs, Wildfang, Workable, Xero
mac56
(17,569 posts)It started a (half hearted) boycott of their products by right wingers.
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/11/breitbart-alt-right-advertisements-kellogg
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)I see there is only "one" bank-----------------
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)from someone who is not on Twitter.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)murielm99
(30,741 posts)WhiteTara
(29,716 posts)according to their customer service rep.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Just sent them an email asking (politely) how they square advertising on Breitbart with their stated corporate values. We'll see is/when I get a response.
rurallib
(62,416 posts)so we wouldn't have to go through all sorts of machinations to find out their advertisers.
renate
(13,776 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)And there's a way to recognize and thank the companies that have left, too. Just flip the switch near the bottom of the page from "Brands on Breitbart, Etc" to "No Longer on Breitbart, Etc."
The list of companies that have dropped their advertising there is LONG. This works!
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Even when ad placements are automated, companies still have the power to control whether neo-Nazis or fake news hucksters profit. In fact, its actually rather simple for companies to impose ethical policies, according to Mr. Zeitz. Indeed, his own company (which handles programmatic advertising for other organizations) recently decided to get out ahead of the issue by removing Breitbart News from its advertising marketplace. Were not banning them because theyre alt-right or conservative. We banned them from our marketplace because they violate our hate speech policy, which prohibits ad serving on sites that incite violence and discrimination against minority groups. (Breitbart has said that it condemns racism and bigotry in any form.)
He pointed out that brand-name companies had already figured out how to keep their ads from flowing onto porn sites, because you really dont want your ad for a breakfast cereal next to a hard-core pornographic video, and so there are tools in place that allow companies to control where their ads go. A company can block a specific site like Breitbart News from its ad buy. Or it might pick a white list of sites that align with its values.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/opinion/sunday/how-to-destroy-the-business-model-of-breitbart-and-fake-news.html?_r=0