Eventually advertisers will tell boycotters to take a hike and not care because anything can be fought in court of law – PB/TK
Conservatives respond to ‘Hannity’ flap by targeting advertisers on liberal MSNBC, CNN shows – By Valeria Richardson / May 31 2017
The next time MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow brings up Nazis in same breath as Trump supporters, the Media Research Center wants Farmers Insurance to know about it.
The conservative group launched on Wednesday a campaign to inundate corporate sponsors with complaints whenever top liberal television talk-show host show hosts “go beyond political commentary and engage in smear, hate and political extremism.”
The effort, which targets 10 shows on MSNBC and CNN, comes on the heels of similar campaigns by the liberal group Media Matters for America, which put pressure last week on companies advertising on Fox’s Sean Hannity show.
“Today we are putting ten shows, and their major corporate sponsors on notice that we are watching their every move,” said MRC president Brent Bozell in a press release.
The 10 programs include six airing on MSNBC and four on CNN.
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