MoveOn.org Going After Fox News’ Advertisers

Ken McCracken  •  July 28, 2007

These tolerant liberals will not tolerate a news network with a political slant that tills any direction but the left. Fox News must be stopped, because it’s not like people can change the channel to CNN or MSNBC.

NEW YORK – Liberal activists are stepping up their campaign against Fox News Channel by pressuring advertisers not to patronize the network.
MoveOn.org, the Campaign for America’s Future and liberal blogs like DailyKos.com are asking thousands of supporters to monitor who is advertising on the network. Once a database is gathered, an organized phone-calling campaign will begin, said Jim Gilliam, vice president of media strategy for Brave New Films, a company that has made anti-Fox videos.
The groups have successfully pressured Democratic presidential candidates not to appear at any debate sponsored by Fox, and are also trying to get Home Depot Inc. to stop advertising there.

Here’s the ratings for the cable news networks from this Thursday:

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Notice that Fox News doubled its nearest competitor, CNN, in “prime time” ratings. Fox also beat everyone else for total day ratings and in all the key evening time slots.
This happens day after day.
So, good luck MoveOn.org, but I’m pretty sure Fox’s advertisers are going to stay right where they’re at. Because while Fox may slant to the right, conservatives buy stuff too.

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  • http://pencilnub.com/ Steve

    Pardon my foe pa.

  • Lestat

    Its not a news channel, its opinion.

    Deaths in Iraq, not news.

    AG testifiying in front of Congress, not news.

    The death of Vince Foster, was covered this week.

    A blonde dies somewhere in the world, filler for weeks on end.

    Unverified rumors of Democratic Canidates going to a Madras, news.

  • Matt

    Backfire on moveon.org. They are telling me who to buy MORE from. Ha ha ha.

    Matt

  • http://pencilnub.com/ Steve

    Silly Rob, that’s faux news.

  • Neiman

    Steve: We don’t criticize people around here for occasional spelling errors!

    So wouldn’t it be Faux Noose?

  • http://sayanythingblog.com/ likwidshoe

    There is no liberal media!

    Which is why the liberals spend all of their time bashing Fox News.

  • Neiman

    The Democrat Party is now mostly The American Socialist Party, socialism is the intermediate step between capialism and Communism. I bring this point up because socialism must attack any message or source of information but their own, if they can successfully move towards communism. MoveOn.Orelse and TheDailyKus.communism along with the Democrat Party are trying different tactics to shut down all opposing information in this country. Recently the Democrat Congress tried to resurrect the Fairness Doctrine and now these anti-America Groups are trying to blackmail and bully advertisers.

    Unfortunately, advertisers are easily bullied, ask them about the Crown Prince of Blackmail Jesse Jackson as an example. So, over time I suspect they may have some success and only if FOX can keep their ratings high enough to innoculate them, is there any hope to stop them.

  • WOOFX

    conservatives buy stuff too.

    There are fewer and fewer of them.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    You can think what you want of Fox News, Lestat, but why are you liberals always trying to silence speech you don’t agree with?

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    There are fewer and fewer of them.

    If you say so, Poodle.

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