By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
Posted on August 11, 2009, Printed on August 12, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.thinkprogress.org//141919/
Fox News host Glenn Beck has been under fire in recent weeks for his comments that President Obama is a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people." Since ColorOfChange called on its members to urge Beck's advertisers to drop his show, three advertisers have pulled out. Today, ColorOfChange announced that Geico Insurance is joining them:
"On Tuesday, August 4, GEICO instructed its ad buying service to redistribute its inventory of rotational spots on FOX-TV to their other network programs, exclusive of the Glenn Beck program," said a spokesperson for GEICO Corporate Communications in an email to ColorOfChange.org. "As of August 4, GEICO no longer runs any paid advertising spots during Mr. Beck's program."
Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Deputy Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.
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