Unsaid, it appears, is that (as I understand it) Blowhard O’Reilly (yeah, I kinda dislike him) attacked JetBlue NOT for advertising on DailyKos, but for sponsoring (in the form of a donation) the YearlyKos convention.
If that’s the case, a boycott made even more sense if one objects to Kos — why spend your money on a firm that you know will give some measure of its profits to an organization whose goals are antithetical to you ?
If you’re a devout Catholic, and MyCompany, Inc advertised that we just donated 2% of our profits to building a new abortion clinic, I really don’t expect your business.
At this point, you’re divesting, as it were, which was all the rage among campus liberals in the ’80′s . (Sorry, the fact that none of those twits had ever been to South Africa and still built cutesy “ShantyTowns” on campus really bugged me somehow)
I really don’t care who boycotts whom. And I really wouldn’t miss the blowhard if his show were dropped tomorrow — I don’t watch it. He’s a demagogue (which is what he is paid to be).
But comparing advertisers to direct corporate sponsors is a bit of a stretch.
As a shareholder, I (mostly) want my investment dollar spent on advertising in the most effective places, as long as they aren’t sponsoring terrorism or pedophilia. While I really despise CNN, I don’t care if a firm I own stock in advertises there. Political bias (of which I think many newsies have plenty) is not sufficient reason to re-assign ad accounts. Malfeasance, maybe . . . But bias ? You must be kidding.
Just another hyperreaction to those who don’t agree. . .
