Some good news. In the aftermath of Bill O’Reilly sending his goons out to stalk and confront Think Progress blogger Amanda Turkel, UPS has officially withdrawn as a sponsor of his show.
Here’s the official UPS release:
Thank you for sending an e-mail expressing concern about UPS advertising during the Bill O’Reilly show on FOX News. We do consider such comments as we review ad placement decisions which involve a variety of news, entertainment and sports programming. At this time, we have no plans to continue advertising during this show.
There are plenty more advertisers to convince. A Ford spokesman released a strong statement blasting O’Reilly, but so far, they remain as a sponsor. In case you’re wondering what all of the fuss is about, Bill O’Reilly has hired a bunch of roving producers to go out and harass anyone who dares to challenge Loofa Boy’s preeminence. It’s really sick. Here is a list of O’Reilly’s targets. The Beast Who Slumbers would love hear David Anderson and the other inhabitants of Wingnuttia try to justify what he’s done.
Check the Think Progress link above and find out to whom you can write and how to do it. The ground really is shifting, time to keep up the momentum. Someone has finally kicked sand back in the bully’s face. Time to put him down for the count.
UPDATE: Chrysler has stated that it has no further plans to advertise on Billo’s show. Of course, it’s possible that this decision is b/c Chrysler has no plans to advertise anywhere, but still…