Conservative groups target Maddow

[TomCADem]

Source: Politico

Turning the tables on Media Matters, which has rallied advertisers against several top conservative talk show hosts, two conservative groups are launching new initiatives aiming to adopt the left’s tactics against liberals like Rachel Maddow.

The groups plan to pressure advertisers for left-leaning shows like Maddow’s on MSNBC, in hopes that the sponsors will pull their ads. They charge that Maddow and other liberal hosts are peddling conspiracy theories and smearing conservatives with personal attacks.

They cited reports of alleged coordination between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian agents as an example of the smears.

Media Research Center, the long-running conservative media watchdog, and a new group called Media Equalizer say for too long the left has successfully pressured advertisers to stop advertising on shows featuring hosts like Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck, who were eventually forced off Fox News, and Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, who have so far fought off their critics.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/rachel-maddow-conspiracy-theories-accusations-238978

[JHan]

1. LOL LOL LOL .... LOL .. Omgawd.

so dumb. LOL.

[Marthe48]

2. Rachel, et al aren't serial sex offenders

and the liberal shows are reporting facts found in real newspapers, not made up crap. I noticed that there is no dearth of advertising on MSNBC shows. And I doubt advertisers will back off.

[George II]

3. I'm amazed they waited this long, but it simply isn't going to work. I don't recall any sponsors...

....backing off MSNBC because of "content".

[longship]

4. ROFL!!

She has the top ratings in her hour of all news channels, by far.

Good fucking luck with that, conservatives. Actually, I laugh in your idiot faces!

[C_U_L8R]

5. Brands don't need Deplorables

These rightwing dopes should have got a clue when advertisers bailed on their heinous 'shows'

[hatrack]

6. What are they going to do, stop watching?

That's like threatening to burn all the trees in Antarctica.

[NastyRiffraff]

7. imitation is the best form of flattery

They don't have a strategy so they copy Media Matters et al.

[tanyev]

8. May this backfire on them spectacularly.

[Justice]

9. What are they going to say - Rachel is telling truth, reporting, doing her job - stop advertising on

her show!!

Tell me who the advertisers are so I can write to them to say I watch Maddow every night.

[flibbitygiblets]

10. Helluva a strategy you got there fellas

They had a yuge covfefe of the minds, and that's all they came up with?

Talk about missing the point! Advertisers abandoned OReilly because he's a disgusting serial predator, which they don't want their products to be associated with. Advertisers could care less about "content" as long as the person appearing before and after their brand name doesn't conjure up images of rape-y behavior.

Beck was a loony goofball who killed his own ratings. Limpbaugh makes his living shock-mocking women, the handicapped etc. while simultaneously being a hypocritical, oxy-riddled pig. It was inevitable he'd say something awful enough to make advertisers distance themselves. I don't know what Hannity's problem was but it sounds like he insisted on touting some long-disproven conspiracy, for which he was rewarded with a permanent vacation.

Rachael is squeaky clean. She's REAL. She also manages to be a fearless slayer of dragons in a cheerful and respectful manner. She's imminently likable, even to those who don't agree with her. She's also #1 in cable news, in no small part thanks to Comrade Drumph. Good luck bringing her down on account of her content.

[Skittles]

11. LOL

STOP ADVERTISING ON SHOWS THAT PROMOTE THE TRUTH!!

gawd, what bunch of FASCIST ASSHOLES

[Initech]

12. Which side treated women like objects and acted like animals?

Which side continues to push debunked, bullshit conspiracy theories after their network retracted the story?

Hannity's and O'Reilly's were justified. Good luck trying to justify Maddow.

[BigmanPigman]

13. If they are stupid enough to drop Lawrence and Rachel MSNBC will be finished forever.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. The difference: Rachel Maddow is a Rhodes scholar with a doctorate

while Hannity is a drop-out loser.

And as a note, they are going to have a hard time finding "left-leaning" shows to attack the way M$NBC has been torpedoing them, where the RW owns and runs everything else.

[Mr. Ected]

15. Republicans project their affinity for conspiracy theories on Democrats

When in fact the information being reported by Rachel is well-sourced, carefully articulated, and Coming Soon to a US District Court near you.

[TomSlick]

16. Let me say right now

if any sponsors pull back from Rachel, I'll pull back from them. Sponsors should be aware that Rachel's audience ain't stupid. We will know who gives in to the wingnuts. I don't care what you make or sell, if you join this attack on Rachel, somebody else makes and sells the same thing (or at least close enough) and I'll buy from them - even at twice the price.

Rachel is the best on television. I rely on her for intelligent discussion. I will not buy from any sponsor who gives in to this attack.

[Judi Lynn]

17. Tremendous idea. With organization, it can be done, no doubt about it. Welcome to D.U.

[riversedge]

18. yes, agree. We will keep track of this issue.

[Thekaspervote]

19. We should call advertisers of TRMS and thank them for supporting Rachael's work

[orangecrush]

20. Rachel is #1

Suck it, Hannity.

Loser.

[Coventina]

21. Good luck with that, Deplorables!