BLM, GLAAD Join 40 Progressive Groups Calling for Fox News Ad Boycott (Exclusive)

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Source: thewrap.com





“The advertisers that choose to recommit to Fox News will end up being the ones to pay the reputational price,” Media Matters president Angelo Carusone says

Lindsey Ellefson | May 18, 2021 @ 7:20 AM




Read more: https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-upfront-ad-boycott-letter-mmfa/

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[jmbar2]

1. It's about frigging time!

After Fox News called the 2020 election, its programming from morning to prime time cast doubt on the results nearly 800 times in less than two weeks, helping lay the groundwork for the January 6 attack on the Capitol.⁶ The network pushed coronavirus misinformation at least 13,551 times over the course of the pandemic in 2020.⁷

More and more, we have seen major corporations and brands publicly state that they cannot simply sit idly by and do or say nothing as political extremists attack our democratic institutions, undermine our public health response to the COVID-19 and climate crises, spew misogynistic beliefs, and stoke racial, anti-LGBTQ and xenophobic violence.¹⁵ Fox News’ propaganda is the key driver behind all of those depravities.

https://dropfox.com/letter/

[Sucha NastyWoman]

2. I'm in

I’m as cancel culture as they come, and not the least bit ashamed of it.

[jimfields33]

4. Only thing is whose next?

[Politicub]

5. Hopefully people who wring their hands and fall into the false narrative of

cancel culture being some nefarious progressive plot.

I’m all about boycotts. If I have the choice, I will not give my hard-earned money to companies that spend millions to keep Fox propped up.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

8. Who's next to do what?

[LanternWaste]

16. Any chance of you clarifying your question to something resembling relevance?

[orleans]

3. a local chicago radio station - wbbm am - runs an an ad for fox news with the voice clips of all the

assholes on fox

[certainot]

6. fox is the cartoon cliff notes for talk radio. every advertiser, university, and pro team on

rw radio shares responsibility for this disaster and these organizations should be starting at the cause, not the symptoms

good on them, but the incredible stupidity of ignoring rw radio continues to be incredibly stupid

[KPN]

7. I understand and appreciate the first amendment right to free speech, but it strikes me that

something is terribly wrong with the legal/constitutional interpretations of that right when pure fabrication, lies and deliberate fear and hate mongering ultimately precipitate a direct challenge to genuine democracy and the same as well as other rights provided each of us by our Constitution.

There has to be something that our governing institutions can do to squelch this stuff at the point it is detrimental to democracy and ultimately our Constitutional rights as a result. It shouldn't have to rely on "capitalism" in the form of boycotts (which likely will not work) or voters when the basic right to vote is being so widely threatened.

This needs to be A PRIORITY for our party, independents and any remaining Rs who value democracy and peaceful transitions of power that result from fair and credible elections!!!!!

[poli-junkie]

9. Is there a list of companies that sell ads on Faux to boycott?

[RainCaster]

11. YES- give us an actionable list to work with

I do not want to waste my time watching Faux News to gather that information.
It would be even worse if I had to listen to the RW radio nut cases.

[Mysterian]

10. I hope this effort is successful

but Fox News will continue to exist without advertising, funded by fascist billionaires who wish to be kings.

[ace3csusm]

15. But they will cut expenses especially Salaries

No way they continue giving those host their current salary ... you will see them dropping like flies and replaced by cheaper labor ...

[Warpy]

12. "We serve nasty Christian bigots if they behave themselves" should also be posted

This shitty law will never pass constitutional muster.

Churches can exclude anyone who rejects their dogma. Public businesses are different. The only recourse those oh so pious people who don't want to do anything for LGBT people have is declare themselves private clubs and sell memberships to their exclusively cis straight Christian and white clientele. I'd love to see how far that would get them.

[ffr]

13. Here-here!!!

Starve Fox of money. It's the only way.

[Skittles]

14. WHY do reputable people agree to appear on Fox

ENOUGH ALREADY