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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 21, 2012 74 Comments
I have been covering political boycotts frequently since the inception of this blog, including the Prop 8 boycotts, the Mormon Boycott, the DNC boycott, the Beck boycott, the King & Spalding boycott, boycotts of various states for various reasons, the anti-Israel boycotts, and so on. So...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 20, 2012 80 Comments
The reason I have pushed back against the Rush boycotters has nothing to do with Rush.  Social media anonymity has allowed all sorts of implied and explicit threats against advertisers and others as a means of shutting down speech, particularly conservative speech. Twitter is just one...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2012 45 Comments
The advertiser boycott of Rush Limbaugh appears to be cracking, and Rush’s move to Twitter has boycott organizers worried. Behind the scenes, anecdotal evidence suggests that advertising either never really was impacted at the local level, or to the extent it was it has returned to normal. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2012 68 Comments
The secondary boycott of Rush Limbaugh advertisers is portrayed in the media as a reaction to a groundswell of public outrage.  In fact, the secondary boycott was initiated by and driven by Media Matters, which had a “Stop Limbaugh” campaign on the shelf waiting to be...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2012 24 Comments
I have been suspicious of the hype regarding the Rush boycott and the numbers of advertisers dropping Rush touted by Media Matters and others.  The numbers seem inflated for the purpose of creating momentum, as many of the advertisers being listed as “dropping” Rush never...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2012 80 Comments
If you only read Media Matters and Think Progress, you’d think Rush Limbaugh was on the verge of losing his radio empire because 50 or more advertisers “dropped” him. While Limbaugh has lost some important advertisers, it appears that many of the advertisers dropping him...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 07, 2012 51 Comments
I’ll post the audio when available, but Rush Limbaugh just stated that the advertiser boycott of his show is vastly overstated and based on inflated numbers. (audio added, via Common Cents) As I have pointed out in response to concerned commenters, many of those listed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2012 251 Comments
Liberal groups have seized on a strategy I didn’t think would be effective, but has had some success, to go after advertisers of prominent conservative media personalities. Media Matters explicitly seeks to bring down Fox News and investigate its executives, and Fox News advertisers have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2012 18 Comments
Sore Loosiers Wisconsin had its Fleebaggers, the 14 state Senators who fled to Illinois to prevent a quorum on Wisconsin’s collective bargaining law. Indiana Democratic House members have been boycotting the legislative session over Indiana’s proposed right to work law unless they also get an unconstitutional referendum on...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on November 15, 2011 29 Comments
I came across a story about a Christian baker in Iowa who is being boycotted for refusing to work with a gay couple. I love boycotts with a passion, regardless of which side I’m on. Commerce is meant to be a voluntary association where goods...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 23, 2011 9 Comments
When they say Boycott Divest and Sanction Israel, they don’t really mean it.  Those are just code words for Destroy Israel. Below is a video of a demonstration in London as part of the BDS(D) movement, via @EliLake, who notes At the link is this image:...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 02, 2011 6 Comments
The United States will be boycotting the “Durban III” conference: The US on Wednesday announced it will not attend the 10-year commemoration of a global UN conference on combating racism because past meetings have included “ugly displays of intolerance and anti-Semitism.” The Obama administration made...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 26, 2010 16 Comments
I have written many times before about the risks of organizing a boycott, and I have detailed the many boycotts which have failed in the last two years. The “National Opt-Out Day” protest, in which air travelers were to opt out of the full body...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 27, 2010 1 Comment
I have enjoyed chronicling the many not too big to fail boycotts which have taken place in the past 18 months that I’ve been blogging, including (but not limited to): California, Utah, and Mormons in general because of Prop 8 Connecticut because of Joe Lieberman...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 17, 2010 5 Comments
Also known as killing two birds with one stone. We get to apologize to and beg forgiveness from China for the sin of Arizona seeking to enforce the U.S. immigration laws, thus satisfying the 11th Commandment, “thou shall apologize profusely.” And, as the twofer, we...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2010 21 Comments
This attitude has upset some people: (via HotAir via Ace) Christie must be doing something right if people already are trying to boycott him (via TaxProf): Gov. Chris Christie will remain the speaker at Seton Hall University School of Law’s graduation ceremony later this month...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2010 26 Comments
This whole boycott thing is getting really confusing. California is boycotting Arizona because of the Arizona immigration law. But weren’t we already supposed to be boycotting California because of Prop. 8? Or if not the entire State of California, then at least the counties which...
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