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originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: infolurker
If Soros is so powerful how come there are no Democrats left in government?
originally posted by: mOjOm
a reply to: infolurker
I don't get it.
Who is silencing conservatives??? How are they doing it???
Next,
What are conservatives doing about it through this new campaign here??? How and who are they???
It's all very vague.
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NOTES
[1] GoodRx -- After the publication of this list, GoodRx reached out to advise that their recent television buy is over and that they do not have any future television buys planned. They want to be very clear that because the buy is over, they did not technically remove any ads. They also wanted to make it clear that if they do run ads in the future, they may or may not advertise on Hannity's program. (Observation: GoodRx seems especially concerned about the unfortunate controversy they have been dragged into. Their situation is an illustration of the pitfalls of not being intentional with ad buys and getting swept up in associations with volatile personalities like Hannity.)
[3] Viking River Cruises -- In a statement provided to Media Matters on May 30, a spokesperson for Viking River Cruises confirmed that the company will "no longer be advertising" on Sean Hannity's program.
Angelo Carusone's organization posted a list of Hannity's advertisers. A similar campaign led to dozens of advertisers abandoning Bill O'Reilly, who was eventually let go. So far, seven companies have pulled their ads from the show. Carusone predicts Hannity's demise will come, but not as quickly.
Media Matters Targets Sean Hannity’s Advertisers In Attempt To Stop Seth Rich Investigation
Sean Hannity, one of the few commercial media hosts to discuss the case has been hit with over a dozen Media Matters attack pieces within the past 24 hours. Despite that, Sean Hannity continues to investigate Rich’s murder – a murder that would be under significantly more scrutiny if Rich was not involved with the immensely corrupt DNC. Targeting conservative media commentators and outlets is nothing new, but the force that Media Matters is coming after Hannity is cause for investigation. If these were truly baseless allegations, as they claim, then why would they invest so much effort and money into shutting down the investigation?
Sean Hannity ✔ @seanhannity
To all my friends. TODAY, George Soros, & Hillary Clinton supported Mediamatters is targeting all of my advertisers to try and get me fired
10:37 AM - 24 May 2017
Last week, Media Matters launched a campaign ― “Know What You’re Sponsoring” ― that’s aimed at making sure “ad buyers know what their clients are sponsoring if they spend their ad dollars with Fox,” according to the group’s release. Carusone said posting the list of Hannity’s advertisers is “a continuation of that conversation,” and pointed out that Media Matters compiled it through publicly available information.
Last month, then-Fox News star and accused sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly saw more than 50 companies quickly flee his show following an advertiser boycott led by Media Matters and other progressive organizations. Hannity tweeted more than a dozen times Wednesday that “liberal fascists” at Media Matters now were targeting him just as Cars.com became the first advertiser to jump ship.
The recent attention being paid to his advertisers, Hannity said in an interview with HuffPost, is an attempt by progressives to silence his conservative voice.
originally posted by: infolurker
Where the hell have you been?
originally posted by: mOjOm
originally posted by: infolurker
Where the hell have you been?
Hey, it's a big world out there. I can't know everything that's going on all the time ya know. Only so many hours in a day.
Ok, so he's lost like 10 advertisers according to that list. Out of I don't even know how many, but a lot more than 10.
How do you know MediaMatters is responsible for all those anyway??? Maybe they left for their own reasons.
Also, what if what MediaMatters is saying about Hannity is true and therefore only stating perfectly good reasons why people shouldn't be advertising with them??? Nobody has to advertise on a program if it's not good business for them to do so.
I don't really see the problem here. How is MediaMatters doing anything wrong here???? Are you saying they're lying to the advertisers or making the advertisers stop using his show or something????
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
a reply to: infolurker
I fully oppose boycotts, especially because of the words of one person. It's a form of censorship. What we need is more voices, not less of them.
I think hitting mediamatters would be a more practical approach.