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Originally posted by parabellum:
What's the justification for this? What exactly is Hannity doing that's so wrong? He's following a story. What's the problem?

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Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
They're trying to shut down anyone who doesn't sing from the same choir book, and the current tactic is to pressure advertisers to decamp by threatening boycotts.

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“Cars.com’s media buy strategies are designed to reach as many consumers as possible across a wide spectrum of media channels,” the company said in a statement. “The fact that we advertise on a particular program doesn’t mean that we agree or disagree, or support or oppose, the content. We don’t have the ability to influence content at the time we make our advertising purchase.”

“In this case, we’ve been watching closely and have recently made the decision to pull our advertising from Hannity,” Cars.com said in its statement, first obtained by Buzzfeed.

Exercise outfit Peloton came to the came conclusion, tweeting it had directed its media agency to stop advertising on Sean Hannity’s show, though it would take “a few days” to take effect.

And ThinkProgress received a forwarded response from e-commerce mattress company Leesa Sleep, telling a customer they no longer would run ads in the program. Not long therafter, Casper beds joined Leesa, doorbell company Ring nixed the Hannity ad buy, and Crowne Plaza Hotels did likewise.

For days, Hannity, and Fox News had aggressively pitched the theory DNC staffer Seth Rich’s murder was ordered by political operatives, aka Democrats, in retaliation for leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks. Police have said Rich’s unsolved murder was a case of robbery gone awry.

Fox News retracted the story on Tuesday, explaining in a statement about the article it had up for days: “The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require from all our reporting.”

On his show on Tuesday night, Hannity announced “out of respect for the family’s wishes, for now” he would stop peddling the story “at this time.” But, he told his viewers, “Please do not interpret what I’m saying tonight to mean anything. Don’t read into this. I promise you I’m not going to stop doing my job. To the extent of my ability, I am not going to stop trying to find the truth.”

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Originally posted by HRK:
You have to wonder, my guess is they are getting hammered on social media and in the email of people saying they are not going to use their product that they feel are in their market zone.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
What I'm trying to get across here is that it makes no sense for advertisers to start abandoning the guy unless the people who vow these boycotts say something like the following:

"Sean Hannity persists in his airing of the Seth Rich murder story, and we feel this is wrong because of _________________, therefore and for this reason, we are going to boycott your company."

Fill in the blank, please. What is the stated rationale? I understand what they're trying to do and I understand the specific reasons they are trying to do it. I am asking for their stated reasons for this crap, and lacking any such reasons, it makes no sense for advertisers to bail. Or are these companies just waking up to this decade in America? Brand new world for them, is it? They weren't aware until last week that for months, half of this country has been throwing a nonstop tantrum over our lawfully elected POTUS?

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Originally posted by bald1:
Just posted this to the USAA Community Forum:

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I have insured through USAA for over 40 years, but am now canceling my USAA insurance and obtaining coverage through the Idaho Farm Bureau.

Why have I decided to cancel after over 40 years of doing business with you, you may ask?

I am leaving USAA because of USAA's spineless decision to abandon Sean Hannity and cave to left-wing "social justice warriors" who seek to muzzle anyone and everyone who does not adhere to their anti-American political philosophy. USAA's action is unacceptable.

I point out that Hannity is a solid supporter of the US military and does NOT deserve to be abandoned by USAA.

I doubt that I am alone in my decision to part ways with USAA.

Who do you think that your market is? The warriors you serve are NOT the "social justice warriors" to whom you caved. What fool made this decision? The backlash is going to be harsh.

Sincerely,

[Sappersteel]
Cell: (xxx) yyy-zzzz

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"Media Matters is "targeting my advertisers to silence my voice," Hannity tweeted. "They hope to get me fired. Rush (Limbaugh), O'Reilly, (Glenn) Beck, (Don) Imus and now me." He posted a series of links to articles about Media Matters' funding, and ties to figures reviled by many conservatives, like George Soros and Bill Clinton.

Media Matters denied that it was mounting a pressure campaign focusing on Hannity's advertisers. The organization's president Angelo Carusone said he hadn't spoken to any sponsors. He said he wanted advertisers to be aware of Hannity's "volatility" as part of a general Media Matters campaign to get them to think about advertising on Fox; Media Matters hasn't posted a list of sponsors for any other specific show."

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Originally posted by parabellum:
What's the justification for this? What exactly is Hannity doing that's so wrong? He's following a story. What's the problem?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
What I'm trying to get across here is that it makes no sense for advertisers to start abandoning the guy unless the people who vow these boycotts say something like the following:

"Sean Hannity persists in his airing of the Seth Rich murder story, and we feel this is wrong because of _________________, therefore and for this reason, we are going to boycott your company."

Fill in the blank, please. What is the stated rationale? I understand what they're trying to do and I understand the specific reasons they are trying to do it. I am asking for their stated reasons for this crap, and lacking any such reasons, it makes no sense for advertisers to bail. Or are these companies just waking up to this decade in America? Brand new world for them, is it? They weren't aware until last week that for months, half of this country has been throwing a nonstop tantrum over our lawfully elected POTUS?