Stop Beck - The UK Efforts

Here we go again for another week…

Monday 26th July: Advert free.

Tuesday 27th: Advert free.

Wednesday 28th: Advert free.

Thursday 29th: Advert free.

Friday 30th: Advert free.

The University of I Can’t Remember are reporting that Glenn has had 4.5 million advertisers in the UK in the last week.

Anyone want to have a guess for this week? No?

Monday 19th July: Advert free.

Tuesday 20th: Advert free.

Wednesday 21st: Advert free.

Thursday 22nd: Advert free.

Friday 23rd: Advert free.

Monday 12th July: Advert free.

Tuesday 13th: Advert free.

Wednesday 14th: Advert free.

Thursday 15th: Advert free.

Friday 16th: Advert free.

I love it when UK Ad Watch posts look just like this one…

Monday 5th July: Advert free.

Tuesday 6th: Advert free.

Wednesday 7th: Advert free.

Thursday 8th: Advert free.

Friday 9th: Advert free.

After a few of their brands’ adverts appeared during the UK broadcast of the show, we got in contact with Dairy Crest informing them of the sort of vitriol they were sponsoring. This afternoon we received the following reply:

Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your e-mail of 28th June drawing our attention to the Glenn Beck programme on Fox News.

Having looked into issue you raised we can confirm that no further Dairy Crest advertisements will air during future Glenn Beck shows.

Thank you again for contacting us.

With the news last week of Coca-Cola and Vodafone dropping the show, Dairy Crest joining them today means we’ve secured 3 of the most commonly seen companies since adverts returned to the show. We’re in contact with a few others and hope to hear back from them with good news over the coming days.

Until next time!

(Taken from StopBeck.com)

Last week, after 4 months of zero advertisements, a few ads reappeared on Glenn Beck’s broadcast in the UK.  Vodafone was among those companies whose ads reappeared.  Based on revenue, Vodafone is the word’s largest mobile telecommunications company; they also own approximately 45% of Verizon Wireless.

As with other sponsors, participants in the StopBeck effort sprang to action. We kindly requested that they follow the responsible action of well over 100 other former sponsors and refrain from advertising on Glenn Beck’s show.

Well, your tweets paid off.  This morning, Vodafone confirmed that they will no longer be running ads on Glenn Beck’s program.  They even tweeted about it:

Great work all! See your tweets and emails do matter.

Onward we go…

Monday 28th June: Dairy Crest (Cathedral City), Sky Broadband, KFC, Dairy Crest (Country Life Butter), Holland & Barrett, 118 118, Confused.com

Tuesday 29th: Volvo (XC60), Dairy Crest (Cathedral City), Santander, Schwartz (Perfect Shake)

Wednesday 30th: Peugeot, Sainsburys, Lloyds TSB, Holland & Barrett, Panasonic

Thursday 1st July: Lloyds TSB, 40ver40.com, Budweiser (DrinkAware), Confused.com

Friday 2nd: Sainsburys, KFC, Sky TV, Haven, Sky Vegas

(Taken from StopBeck.com)

Last week, one of Toyota’s ads ran during the broadcast of Glenn Beck’s show in the UK. We thought this was a bit odd given that Toyota ceased advertising on Mr. Beck’s show many months ago. So, we reached out to Toyota to see if the ad signified a change in their position.

Well, your voices were heard. This morning, Toyota’s UK twitter account tweeted the following:

The link brings you to this statement posted on Toyota’s blog:

It came to our attention yesterday that one of Toyota GB’s advertisements appeared during Glenn Beck’s show earlier this month. This came after we withdrew our advertisements from the show earlier this year.

We’d like to reiterate that our position remains unchanged. We apologise sincerely, and we assure you that this will not happen again.

Great work all! See, your tweets and emails do matter.

My best guess as to what happened? Fox News messed up again and ran an ad they shouldn’t have run – an increasingly common problem.

Many thanks for your continued participation in this accountability effort.

Onward we go…

Decided to make these weekly now rather than daily. Few reasons for this, firstly I’m not in to see the show live myself alot of the time now. Secondly, it’s easier for us to keep records and contact the companies all in one go rather than a day at a time. Third and finally, recording the show means I get the pleasure of fast forwarding Glenda’s bullshit. Trust me, that is a godsend. Anyway the following companies advertised during this week (except Monday which I missed!)

Tuesday 22nd: Peugeot, L’Oreal, Vodafone (VIP), Canon (PowerShot SX201 IS)

Wednesday 23rd: Toyota, Sainsburys, Garnier, SportsDirect.com, Lloyds TSB

Thursday 24th: Mars (Uncle Bens Express), IrishFerries.com, Vodafone (VIP), Budweiser

Friday 25th: Sky Vegas, LG (Infinia), MoneySupermarket.com, Sainsburys, Triple Velvet, L’Oreal (Men Expert)

(Taken from StopBeck.com)

Last week, a Coca-Cola ad ran during the broadcast of Glenn Beck’s program in the UK. As with other advertisers, participants in the StopBeck effort sprang to action.

We kindly requested that they follow the responsible action of well over 100 other former advertisers and refrain from advertising on Glenn Beck’s show.

Well, your tweets and messages paid off. Today, Coke advised that their ads will no longer be run on Glenn Beck’s program.

Statement from Coca-Cola sent to the StopBeck effort:

Hey, you’re correct, our 10 second ad did run there once…You won’t see us there again…Thanks for bringing it to our attention…Best!

Great work all! See your tweets and emails do matter.

Onward we go…