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Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2012 12 Comments
I check in every now and then with the efforts of the Limbaugh boycott movement at the Twitter hashtag #stoprush. I noticed over the past few days a lot of chatter and anger directed at @AngiesList, as well as at new local advertisers on the Limbaugh...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2012 52 Comments
There has been a pressure campaign against corporate sponsors of the American Legislative Exchange Counsel (ALEC) led by Color of Change and some of the same groups targeting conservative talk radio: Here’s how it works.  An issue which is neutral, such as voter i.d. laws, is portrayed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 17, 2012 27 Comments
The “anti-pinkwashing” campaign continues in all its irony. Israel is to be “featured” at the annual Equality Forum on May 3-6 in Philadelphia, based on Israel’s record on gay issues.  Israel, of course, is the only nation in the Middle East where homosexuality is not punished, much less punished...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2012 21 Comments
There has been a lot of attention paid to Arby’s announcement that it no longer would advertise on the Limbaugh show. It was particularly interesting because Arby’s did not advertise to begin with, so it purely was a political statement, and was the subject of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2012 43 Comments
On March 11, Nicky Larson wrote a column for The Independent (Ireland) hitting on virulent anti-Israel sentiment in Ireland: I used to hate Israel. I used to think the Left was always right. Not any more. Now I loathe Palestinian terrorists. Now I see why...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 07, 2012 30 Comments
Not taking responsibility (h/t reader Tony): More about Arby’s here. If you are on Twitter, you can reach Arby’s at @arbys, or at its Facebook page, or at its Contact page. There’s probably not much we can do to prevent cowardly companies from giving into boycott...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 06, 2012 28 Comments
Their War On Women Moe Lane updates on the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s fundraising problems resulting from the left-wing boycott of Komen after Komen dropped sponsorship of Planned Parenthood, but then caved in to pressure and let go a top executive: The first explanation is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 06, 2012 23 Comments
Don’t expect Media Matters to boycott the Senate candidate. Because the candidate is a Democrat. And an Israel-hater. She called her male primary opponent a “whore” for AIPAC.  Via Mediaite: “I’m dealing with a whore here who sells his soul to AIPAC [The American Israel...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2012 63 Comments
Earlier this month Media Matters launched its most ferocious boycott effort ever to force Rush Limbaugh off the air by intimidating advertisers. It always was a charade, as documented here many times.  Media Matters coordinated with “independent” groups to make it appear that there was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 28, 2012 62 Comments
From reader Tim, who writes: Was on pump in Wilmington NC earlier this week. Looks like No new oil from anwr, east coast, the gulf. No pipeline from Canada $4 gal Thanks Obama voters I can’t imagine that signs like that aren’t popping up all...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 26, 2012 45 Comments
Herman Cain’s Sick of Stimulus website has released a new web ad. It’s right up there with the “greats” of web ads.  (h/t Robert Costa, who says he is speechless.) Update:  This reaction from one of the people behind the Rush boycott actually is quite...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 25, 2012 34 Comments
Starts today. More evidence of the education bubble. On Monday be sure to check out: Positivity: Tips for a Modern World from Good Vibrations:  Join HLSRJ and Good Vibrations for a short discussion of positivity, a demo, then Q&A. Free Food! You had me at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 23, 2012 11 Comments
This analysis by Topsy Analytics show the volume of tweets using the two most popular hasttags for the various boycott Rush groups, #StopRush and #BoycottRush. What it shows is that activity peaked from Friday, March 2 – Monday, March 5. There still is activity, but...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 22, 2012 43 Comments
Just as Bill Maher was pleading for an “amnesty” in the political correctness war to silence speech, Media Matters was committing $100,000 to an advertising campaign urging people to call local radio stations to complain about Limbaugh.  Via AP: The liberal Media Matters for America...
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