Beck loses 103 sponsors as his UK television broadcast runs for five days straight without any ads.

[CatWoman]

Today, Color of Change and StopBeck.com announced that the United Kingdom has forcefully rejected Fox News host Glenn Beck. In fact, the UK broadcast of his show “was forced to run without any advertisements” for five days in a row as of yesterday. Additionally, 103 companies have agreed to stop their ads from appearing on his program. Some of the latest defections include Allstate Insurance, Anheuser-Busch, Idaho Potato Commission, Marriott International, Volkswagen, and Western Union. Some of their comments:

– “We in no way want to promote the hateful rhetoric of Mr. Glenn Beck, and therefore take this matter very seriously,” said Dino Balzano, director of advertising at Concord Music Group, parent company of Hear Music, in an email to ColorOfChange.org.

– “We do not intend to have any additional ad placements during the program,” said Jeff Flaherty, spokesperson for Marriott International, in an email to ColorOfChange.org. “I’d like to point out that diversity and inclusion are core values at Marriott and an essential component of our success.”

– “I first learned about this controversy and asked Fox to take his show out of our rotation,” said Steve Schwartz, executive vice president of consumer services for Intersections, Inc., in an email to ColorOfChange.org. “We no longer advertise on Glenn Beck’s show.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/02/16/beck-uk/

[marmar]

1. Why would they even export that rancid pile of **** to the UK?

Oh yeah, Rupert Murdoch.

[JackBeck]

4. But he's OUR rancid pile of poo.

It's about the only thing left that we manufacture in these here United States.

[rurallib]

7. how's that old bottom line Rup?

[SoCalDem]

2. Fox will run him ad-less forever.. he furthers their ideology

and without commercials, there's even MORE of him :puke:

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. I'd rather watch five straight days of ads than watch that nitwit.

How can any sane person watch him?

[Randall Flagg]

5. And the saddest part is...

That here in America he's a fucking celebrity.

[rve300]

6. The Fox News channel runs completely commercial free in Australia.

And has for at least the 3 years I have been here.

[Quantess]

8. Poor UK.... what did they do to deserve Glenn Beck?

That's just cruel.

[Atman]

9. Kind of makes you wonder why Fox keeps airing his program.

Oh no, wait...it doesn't make you wonder at all. We all know why Fox continues to air the hate fest. It is THEIR agenda a Beck is a willing dupe.

.

[upi402]

10. He calls on his minions to murder. That broadcast license needs revocation. n/t

[wildflower]

11. Why does he lose advertisers but others don't?

I don't understand why Limbaugh, Hannity, etc. aren't losing advertisers too. Maybe someone who is a regular listener/watcher knows? But from the clips I hear, they sound about the same.

EDITED to add: Does he say anti-corporate stuff and the others don't?