Remember the boycott efforts aimed at Sinclair Media advertisers in the run-up to the election? Looks like they're continuing to have an effect:
| January 4, 2005 (Washington, DC) -- Media Matters for America today announced that Staples, Inc. will no longer advertise on local news programming on Sinclair Broadcast Group TV stations nationwide. Citing an effort to be responsive to customer concerns about Sinclair's injection of partisan conservative politics into its nightly newscasts, Staples, Inc. attributed its decision in part to the response the company received from customers visiting the SinclairAction.com website. |
Nice to see Media Matters is still on the case on this. Advertising boycotts are an interesting tactic that should get more attention from those on the left. Can you imagine if a group like MoveOn.org organized boycotts against a few key advertisers on Fox News? There's strength in numbers....
UPDATE: Looks like Atrios has started his own personal boycott of Amazon in favor of BN. Seems they're a more "blue friendly" corporate citizen. Interesting...
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