I believe totally in free speech.  At the same time, no one is "entitled" to have a TV or radio show or to be on TV.  These guys are advocating violence against all of us and frequently target our president and elected officials.  It's not good for the country in my opinion.  And we have the free speech right to tell their advertisers what we think about the people they are supporting with their advertising dollars.  Shows are pulled because of ratings all the time.  Why shouldn't advertisers pull their ads if they think something is dangerous?  Look at how O'Reilly pumped up all the anti-abortion crazies and how they think it was okay to kill Dr. Tiller.  That is sick.  The level of discourse that Beck and his ilk are contributing to is not helping us solve any of our problems.  That's what boycotts are for - to exercise free speech in the light of corporate control of networks.

Yesterday I sent individual "boycott" emails to those listed as advertisers on FOX news.  Today I received the following email reply from John Richard, Gen. Manager: "I don’t know where you got your information but I do not advertise on Fox or TV or Radio. I would appreciate you removing me from your list as well as investigating claims such as these before you commit to representing them as your own beliefs. Have a great day and thank you for your concern."  How can we confirm the information in the Democrats.com petitions are accurate and current? If Rapid Wash is not an advertiser, the name should be removed.  If they do advertise, could broadcast dates, times and affiliate station names be obtained for rebuttal?  

FoxNewsBoycott.com has acknowledged that RAPID WASH is not an advertiser on FOX News.  RAPID BATH is the advertiser. FoxNewsBoycott.com has corrected the information.  Please change the erroneous listing on Democrats.com as it is unfair to Rapid Wash.  I've included the corrected advertiser's contact info here: 

Rapid Bath
JARDEN CORPORATION
555 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Suite B-302
Rye, NY 10580
561-912-4100
1-877-786-4358
https://secure.rapidbathing.com/ContactUs.aspx
Read more:http://foxnewsboycott.com/#ixzz0Nnz3FBpl

We all know it works like this: advertisers are competing for air-time to reach audiences to sell goods. Yes, there are mega-companies, they own the news, the movies, the reviews of the forementioned, but there is a sense of integrity here: I personally enjoy the fact that I might be able to somewhat make people stop and think about where they are putting their money. Now, many folks don't have a sense of self, much less a sense of social responsibility. Many people, however, do have a sense of integrity. Where would you like to be in the end?

What else can be done, while we contemplate horrified the extremes of violence and social turmoil that the extreme right is propitiating every day. I am afraid my signature may not be enough and this time I refuse to be sitting on the sidewalk of history allowing the same groups of interest digging their claws in the future of this Country.  We cannot descend to the use of their tactics, but we surely can hit them where it ‘all really hurt, their wallets.

In honor of the healthcare debate, we ALL should dedicate a week in August to our personal health care, If every one of us with health care coverage, specially if you are covered by United health Care, this is the time to make that long forgotten appointment, and at your doctor visit let’s scheduled every single Test you are covered for Mammograms, Prostate, Pap’s. If you hit your head while working on the garden do not take chances with your health, or got bitten by a mosquito, or just a severe case of nervous breakdown after watching the news, let’s regain control of our health present and future.

While the Insurance companies are taking over our City halls, let’s pay a visit to them at the emergency room

We can all point to various philosophical, moral and ethical altruisms, etc., and some or many of the reasons we might come up with could be argued against (defense of capitalism, etc.).  But I had to look at it very simply: 

 I signed the petition and am boycotting the advertisers because FOX "News" makes "jokes" about, plants the seeds of, encourages - and in some cases instigates, invokes and inflames - hatred and acts of violence (including murder) against people whose ideology they disagree with.

Because of the magnitude of these acts, any form of support of Fox "News" has to be considered support of their ideology and their incitement to violence.  Of which I want no part.

Why do we boycott?  So that our money isn't used to defeat the progressive causes dear to us!  Would you arm your enemy and then give him free ammunition?  Don't give Fox advertisers money.  Fox is crying fire in a crowded theatre, by calling President Obama a communist and racist.  I don't want to lose President Obama the way we lost JFK and RFK!  Don't finance their hate speech - hate speech inspires murderers.

The First Amendment not with standing, FOX should drop the misnomer of news from their network and call it gossip, propaganda, or anything but news. I recall when it first slimed the air waves and it was propaganda then and nothing has changed. No other purveyor of information has had to claim their reporting was fair and balanced, but FOX does. It’s sort of like how the DPRK wants you to believe they are the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, while North Korea is a republic, their public is starving and they are hardly a democracy. We call it news, but we’ll tell you what we want you to believe. FOX pushes opinions but opinions are not news.

Don't get upset when things don't work, just be amazed when they do!

A boycott is one of the few weapons an average person has to combat the lies that are spread on Fox News. Fox is poisoning the air and needs to be stopped. And it occurred to me reading the list of advertisers that have already left is that most of the decent ones have pulled out. About all that is left are get rich schemes, rip-offs, and out and out scams. I doubt many of them will leave Fox. Birds of a feather and all that.