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Nineteen more companies join Color of Change boycott

The organization Color of Change began asking companies to boycott advertising on Glenn Beck’s FOX news show after Glenn claimed that the President was “In August, ColorOfChange.org launched its campaign against Beck after the Fox News Channel host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people”. This type of   fear-mongering [ READ MORE ]

Grocery chain pulls ads from FOX to protest Glenn Beck

From Raw Story: The upscale British grocery store which has a Royal Warrant to provide foodstuffs to the Queen of England says it’s done with Fox News for good. The Waitrose grocery store chain, which has roughly 200 stores across the United Kingdom, has announced that it will suspend advertising anywhere on the Rupert Murdoch-owned [ READ MORE ]

Lawyer for protest site asks Glenn Beck to use the Constitution as guiding light in dispute.

Glenn Beck filed a domain name dispute several weeks ago against a protest site and the sites lawyer has sent back a brilliant and hilarious response (posted below). Beck seems to realize he has no case in the United States as he has not filed any domestic complaints, where the First Amendment would restrict his [ READ MORE ]

Beck and Republicans May Learn Lesson in Blowback

What may be the most ironic and amusing event in Beck’s long-standing and ongoing smear campaign against ACORN is shaping up to have far-reaching implications. Even going as far as accidentally defunding some of the largest military contractors in the United States. Ryan Grim wrote a recent article for the Huffington Post, that brings up the [ READ MORE ]