Acclaimed Historian Douglas Brinkley Calls For NBC To Dump Trump, Corporate Sponsors To Pull Ads

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

Acclaimed Historian Douglas Brinkley Calls For NBC To Dump Trump, Corporate Sponsors To Pull Ads

Moments ago on CNN, acclaimed historian and author Douglas Brinkley pinned the blame for the reemergence of birtherism on NBC Entertainment for giving real estate mogul Donald Trump a primetime platform. Brinkley called on NBC to immediately drop Trump’s show, The Apprentice, from its lineup. If NBC decides to keep Trump on the air, Brinkley called on corporate sponsors to pull their ads or face a massive consumer boycotts:

*****We don’t have to blame “the media” for dealing with this issue. We have to blame NBC Entertainment. They need to dump Trump from his primetime news show. He’s a poison toad on the airwaves. What corporate sponsor is going to be buying ad time for Donald Trump’s show. Any company that goes into Trump and is willing to pay is going to find consumer boycott like they’ve never seen before. If you are going to do what Trump did and go after the President of the United States in such a grotesque and disingenuous way you better cough up the goods. Today the Obama administration has shown what a charlatan Donald Trump really is.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/27/brinkley-nbc-dump-trump/

[virgogal]

1. Proud to say I never watched his ego-stroking show.

[movonne]

7. ditto

[Keith Bee]

8. I don't watch any "reality TV"

It's a contradiction in terms.

[yankeepants]

34. yikes. me either.

Anytime you point a camera at someone and say there are ratings and ad revenues at stake it ceases to be real.

[Sherman A1]

38. Agreed

[Control-Z]

39. I hate reality TV.

I have teenagers, so I hear them playing in other rooms, and they all sound the same. A bunch of entitled, arrogant, disgruntled, nobody attention whores, trying to screw everyone around them.

[Prof Lester]

66. I gave up TV altogether years ago.. thankfully.

Damn thing was making me angry all the time. Couldn't take it anymore. Dropped my cable subscription and put all my TVs in storage. I quit reading the damn newspapers too. For the same reason. I got sick of being manipulated all the time. Feel so much better now. Really. There's lots of great old movies to watch on Internet Archive.. and Itunes has rental movies for 99 cents. I get all my news from good alternate news sites on the internet. My blood pressure is down to normal now. Yay!:)

[wordpix]

81. and you're saving money, too

:hi:

[LiberalFighter]

76. No sports?

[Joe Bacon]

101. I can still remember when Fred Allen said TV was chewing gum for the eyes.

That was back in the 50s. Now, TV has become Ex-Lax for the intellect. Between the Kardashians and Trump, I can't watch commercial TV, it's mutated into what Harlan Ellison called, "The Glass Teat". I feel like I'm losing IQ points each time I look at it!

[LynneSin]

2. Someone give me a list of who sponsers that crappy show and I'll boycott

Yesterday I was at a 7-11 and they had that Snapple Tea that was created by Bret Michaels for Donald Trump's "The Apprentice". A few weeks ago I would have bought it, I'm neither a fan of Trump or Bret Michaels, but it was really tasty tea.

When I pulled it out of the fridge yesterday I saw Trumps face on the bottle and I put it back.

Nothing is that good when it comes from a racist asshole.

[freshwest]

72. I boycotted Snapple years ago because it was a major sponsor of Limbaugh's shows.

[LiberalFighter]

77. I avoided it back then and haven't tried it

[freshwest]

79. Great sigs there.

[russspeakeasy]

105. I avoided it after one purchase. because it tastes like piss.

[MindandSoul]

78. I feel the same way!

[DontTreadOnMe]

3. Dump Trump

It has a nice ring to it.

[SoapBox]

6. Ditto! Bumper stickers needed!!

And where do I complain to NBC about him?

...those sponsors too??

When anyone finds a Dump Trump website, post it up.

[zbdent]

63. no doubt, Chrump will

already be marketing those ... (of course, with somebody else's money, as usual ...)

[kpete]

4. "He’s a poison toad on the airwaves"

Corporate sponsors of “Celebrity Apprentice” currently include: Enterprise Rental Car, Clorox, Sprint, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Walt Disney, and Groupon.
http://www.change.org/petitions/dont-support-donald-trump-and-boycott-the-sponsors-of-nbcs-the-celebrity-apprentice-3

[AC_Mem]

26. Just emailed Groupon

I have two groupons sitting out there and am a regular purchaser of their deals. I let them know I would spend my money with companies who have ethical standards and do not align themselves with anti-American birther retoric such as Donald Trump spews.

I also let them know I have a LARGE network of friends and I will spread the word. I hope they do the right thing.

Annette

ps thanks for the listing of companies - will boycott each and every one of them!

[JohnnyRingo]

49. I really don't think you'll have time to print bumper stickers.

Though it's a snappy slogan, what Trump did goes way beyond anything that has ever happened on Glenn Beck's sound stage. Trump used his credentials as an American businessman to subvert the president of the United States.

He knew it was slander, we knew it, and now the country knows it. Regardless of Trump's preening after he was caught, he has been backed into a corner that paints him at once as a racist and an unpatriotic egocentric kook. Obama essentially came out today and said "Trump, you're fired".

Who in their right mind would now buy stock in Donald Trump's future? What company wants potential customers to think of Donald Trump when they buy their products?

On edit: I don't know what decision NBC made today about the growing albotross about their neck, but I would bet the farm that there was a meeting to discuss it.

[No Elephants]

97. Thanks. Other companies appear on his show, like Omaha Steaks.

(Sadly, I love Clorox and a few of the Omaha Steaks' products, but I'll email and boycott anyway).

[rurallib]

5. and we could quit watching NBC and write his sponsors

and let them know.
I think NBC is well entrenched in last place, so it may not make any difference.

[Liberalynn]

9. I can write his sponsors

but I quit watching NBC long ago, so the boycott point is moot. lol. They haven't had anything decent on in years.

[zbdent]

64. I'd have to start watching NBC to quit watching the Coporate Military Welfare Queen NBC ...

(weren't the conservatives the ones who were all against NBC years ago, for the "rolling J-curve" reports???)

[Historic NY]

10. "Dump that Rump, Donald Trump".

[bdamomma]

46. .................

:thumbsup:

[Jefferson23]

11. "Today the Obama administration has shown what a charlatan Donald Trump really is."

I agree with that!

[graywarrior]

14. Me, too!

[PotatoChip]

12. HaHa! nt.

:rofl:

[KT2000]

13. Boycott Trump

wherever he goes - including NBC.
What a disgrace for our nation - I am just so sad to see how low things have gotten.
The crazies and racists have a megaphone in our media now.

[geardaddy]

15. Trump's a Chump

[wordpix]

85. and a frump and a lump

[wisteria]

16. I am pissed of at this a**hole at this point to complain that he needs to have his stinking show

canceled.

[nolabear]

17. Put the Trumpster in the Dumpster!!

Viral in 3...2...1

[geardaddy]

18. I like!

[meow2u3]

104. DING, DING, DING! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

The slogan of the year! :thumbsup: :rofl: :rofl: :spray: :spray:

[asjr]

19. "a poison toad on the airwaves."--That is

priceless!

[stormpilot]

20. Dump the Donald Chump!

Never liked him, never will!

[Duval]

21. Here is another "never watched anyway"!

[Sonoman]

22. The fact that large numbers of people watch that dreck is pretty scary.

Any nation that had the Roseanne Barr show at #1 deserves whatever Hell serves it.

I do not know anyone who watches that crap, nor do I wish to know anyone who does.

Sonoman

[City Lights]

23. Dump the Trump chump!

You're fired!

Kudos to Brinkley!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

24. Count me in. Oh, and ask Beck if these boycotts work. nt

[hourglass1]

25. I'm Calling Brinkley on BULLCRAP

the entire media gave trump credence with this crap.
brinkley has something else on his plate - maybe an msnbc take down
why are we here online - because mainstream media is crap - all of them and all the soulless powdered faces onscreen
the entire alphabet soup from abc to cnn is only corporate sponsored infotainment
the fact that the birther controversy could generate more press attention than norad being preoccupied on 9/11 must show you that investigative journalism is long dead
we are all witnessing the death of empire and the 4th estate gives us birth certificates

PROSECUTE or RELEASE BRADLEY MANNING
SOCIAL SECURITY IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM - IT IS A PAID-FOR INSURANCE POLICY

gawd this list could go on and on - and the media is talking about trump

[karynnj]

52. Douglas Brinkley is a historian and a very good one

The fact is that Trump is on NBC, not MSNBC. How would attacking one show on NBC, that is already losing ratings going to do anything to MSNBC.

[hourglass1]

87. what?

msnbc.com, although a separate company, is the news website for the NBC News family, featuring interactivity and multimedia plus original stories and video which augment the content from NBC News and partners ...

i'll admit he has done some good work, but these are sink or swim days and brinkley is the history commentator for CBS News ...

[karynnj]

100. So, because MSNBC, which is the cable news outlet for NBC,

no one is allowed to question anything that happens in the entire corporate network. (NBC actually also has its own network news.) The fact is that Trump has gone too far. In fact, MSNBC itself has given Trump a huge amount of time - even when they disagreed on this issue.

It is disgusting that you are making this an issue of one network over another. I have seen Brinkley on many networks - including MSNBC. He was a frequent guest on Imus' show, which for all the host's flaws was better and fairer than Morning Joe.

[libmom74]

109. I agree hourglass1.

The fact that the birther garbage was even allowed to gain tracttion at all is a reflection of the poor state of our media. If there was any integrity left the birthers would have been condemned as kooks in the very beginning. It takes less than five minutes to pull up the section of the constitution dealing with citizenship and even if their wild fantasy that Obama was born in Kenya were true he would still be a US citizen because his mother was a US citizen.

USC 14th amendment

1401. Nationals and citizens of United States at birth

The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;
(b) a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe: Provided, That the granting of citizenship under this subsection shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of such person to tribal or other property;
(c) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents both of whom are citizens of the United States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person;
(d) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States;
(e) a person born in an outlying possession of the United States of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any time prior to the birth of such person;
(f) a person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States;
(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years: Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person
(A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, or
(B) employed by the United States Government or an international organization as defined in section 288 of title 22, may be included in order to satisfy the physical-presence requirement of this paragraph. This proviso shall be applicable to persons born on or after December 24, 1952, to the same extent as if it had become effective in its present form on that date; and
(h) a person born before noon (Eastern Standard Time) May 24, 1934, outside the limits and jurisdiction of the United States of an alien father and a mother who is a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the United States.

[BlueJac]

27. Dump the Chump Trump!!!

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[kmac3]

29. Proof beyond need ~

Does this not unequivocally fortify the fact Trump is not material for a presidency....

[ck4829]

30. Yes. K&R.

[alcuno]

31. Tell Macy's - he's in their tv ad

[tridim]

32. And remove his name from all of his branded properties

I think Cenk mentioned this today.

If I lived in a Trump property I'd be the first one to start screaming about it. Is his name affecting property values?

I keep wondering who the hell would want to do business with this asshole, past, present and future? His credibility is completely shot.

[maxrandb]

33. And then, sow all his fields with salt! n/t

[wordpix]

84. I keep wondering when the development stories will come out ---anyone?

There have to be some mad as hell people who didn't like his gargantuan structures affecting their views and "air rights." Has Trump ever greased the palms of P&Z commissioners, heads of state and the like, as many developers do?

[Frank Cannon]

35. Obama should sue the lying bastard for slander.

Maybe he could take whatever paltry sum remains in that clown's bank account and we can be rid of that asshole from our TVs forever.

[ShadowLiberal]

36. NBC should refuse to renew his show, or change hosts, that would hurt his ego

[bdamomma]

48. change hosts that is a good idea but he would

have his son do it so just cancel the show, the guy is a a$$

[wordpix]

83. let's get Soros saying, "You're fired."

[neoralme]

37. With Trump running number one in the Republican Party, why would

people shun his program for something Douglas Brinkley said?

[ck4829]

40. People, please take notice! This is bringing out the righties. Two on this thread alone.

You know this idea has the potential to sting, now let's give it life.

[freshwest]

73. Yes, I see what you mean on all points.

[handmade34]

41. A BIG YES!!

[JDPriestly]

42. Thank you, Brinkley.

Finally, a voice of reason putting our immoral press on notice. We need the truth not conjecture.

[Festivito]

43. Oh, I hear the historian is acclaimed. That sounds wanted AND accomplished, unlike other historians.

Great word choice.

Trump just rid the Repubs of one of their cash cows, the birther issue.

Now, they'll have to pay those think tanks and pollsters overtime money.

Will the low-education voters be motivated by the not knowing the grades of a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard? What does that mean, anyway? I hear it's like saying you're second string. Maybe affirmative action is used to get one onto the Harvard Law Review. Many a Repub will have to check and get back to Charlie later.

[Rowdyboy]

44. "Flush Rush and Dump Trump" -what a potential bumpersticker!

[wordpix]

80. great idea

[wordpix]

82. Donald Trumpsfeld - couldn't help it

[bdamomma]

45. anyone listening to lawrence o'donnell he said

NBC execs should fire Donald Trump!

[lucca18]

51. Yes!

Lawrence O'Donnell was wonderful!

[maddogesq]

58. Yes indeed, LO was sounding much like KO in that segment.

He called out NBC execs several times. If you missed it, be sure to catch the replay at 11.

[karynnj]

47. He’s a poison toad on the airwaves

I really like that description!

[zbdent]

65. you misspelled turd ...

Fire the Chrump ...

[democracy1st]

50. K & R

[LibGranny]

53. NBC Contact

I used to have e-mail and phone contact #'s for NBC but apparently deleted them. Does anyone here have e-mail or phone contact numbers? I would certainly call to DUMP TRUMP. Please post if you have such numbers and a big thanks.

[Dr Fate]

62. I emailed them using this address:

[e-mail]

As it was provided by another good DUer below...

[The Nexus]

54. I hate to say this.

Although Butt Trumpet used the media to spread his birtherisms, he did not use The Apprentice show itself to spread it.

[StopTheNeoCons]

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[craigmatic]

56. Is Brinkley a liberal? He always seemed more conservative to me.

[karynnj]

68. As a historian, he is suppose to seem neutral

From Tour of Duty, he liked, respected and was impressed by John Kerry. Given Kerry's 1971 protests, I doubt many conservatives would even consider writing a book of the part of the Vietnam war that Kerry took part in - partially using the journals that kerry was known to have kept - at least through that part of his life.

[winstars]

95. Met him several times, he on our side!!!

[OneMadVoter]

57. Why not take action now?

We should blow up their email boxes

NBCUniversal

Kathy Kelly-Brown

Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Media Relations

212-664-3457 | [e-mail]
:rant: :nuke:

[Dr Fate]

61. Done! Thanks!

n/t

[Plucketeer]

107. Done! nt

[guruoo]

59. The perfect storm...

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time
plays many parts... ~ William Shakespeare.

[Dr Fate]

60. Have any national Democrats come out in support of this?

And before anyone strains themselves to come up with an excuse for why they should not- I recall that several high profile Republicans successfully called for the firing of Dan Rather and they suffered little or no negative consequences as a result.

Seems like it should be the next step in the game- to have high profile DEMS comparing this to the "Dan Rather" firing, challenging Republicans to explain why it is not the same, asking who should be fired using the "Rather Standard" etc.

And to whom it may concern- dont mistake this for "DEM bashing"-Just b/c I know DEMS will never do this does not mean they shouldnt, and it does not mean that we should not at least TRY to come up with even more WAYS for DEMS to fight Republicans...

[politicasista]

67. Kick

:kick:

Haven't shopped in Macy's in ages (there's a TJ Maxx near me!). :)

[idrahaje]

69. NBC=Hypocrite

So Keith Olbermann breaks a rule he didn't know about and he's suspended. Now who over there is gonna tell Donald. "Your Fired!" o_O The Keith thing was questionable for ethics but Donald is an ethical nitemare.

[Bombero1956]

70. I don't watch reality TV either

I live reality therefore I don't need to watch it.

[Clear Blue Sky]

71. Why boycott?

He's making an ass of himself and splintering the Repuke party.

Obama handed him his lunch today and if he wants to continue the birther stuff, let him.

[ejbr]

74. k & r !! n/t

[BeyondGeography]

75. Truly fantastic

:patriot:

[peacetalksforall]

86. No one has mentioned GE. Write to them. I'm prous to say that I haven't

puchased a GE product for about 15 or 16 years - ever since they conspired with all the other corporation networks to take down the Clintons. That's about when they added MSNBC - 24/7 with repeats that were all anti-Democrat and anti-Clintons with a vengeance. So smug, so arrogant, so organized, so orchestrated, so coordinated. That was about the time you would see CNN hobnobing with CBS - they they all became one. No differences except with their host celebrities. Guest expert appearances exploded. Some of them probably spent about five nights a week rotating appearances - a deficiency of their family values unless they were only scheduled for the afternoon shows They powdered up then yapped. Endless attacks.

So I gave up tv about four years ago. I see a small per cent of the recommended segments on youtube to keep up.

[Badsam]

88. Show me the hair-line!

[wpelb]

89. This could backfire

Those who believe the revealed long-form birth certificate is fake would start saying, "See? We told you so!" Those on the fence might be tempted to say, "Hmmm? Why DID they fire Trump? Was he really on to something they didn't want him to talk about?"

Better to let Mr. Trump stay out front with his goofy hairdo and let the rest of us continue to laugh at him. Now that the birth certificate is out there, the whole "birther" issue will soon die down and go away, and "the Donald" will be about as relevant to the national political scene as Paris Hilton.

[yurbud]

90. great idea!

[onestepforward]

91. Big Thanks to Brinkley! n/t

[yurbud]

92. posted to my Facebook profile: tell NBC to DUMP TRUMP, PULL the PLUG on the UGLY RUG

[Hugabear]

93. Get rid of Trump, bring back Richard Branson

A few years ago, Richard Branson hosted a show that was basically a clone of 'The Apprentice'. I say get rid of Trump and get Richard Branson to take his place.

[still_one]

94. They won't, and the corporate media will not end this circus either. There should be no doubt

what the media in this country is, and it has nothing to do with truth or news

[avaistheone1]

96. Dump Trump!

:thumbsup:

[Hubert Flottz]

98. "Trying to undermine the president when the country is at war"

The GOP whined 24/7 when people told the truth about Bush. Now that the shoe in on the other foot they lie to undermine Obama.

[mod mom]

99. Lawrence O'Donnell really laid into NBC execs to expose him as well!

[CBHagman]

102. I contacted Macy's.

Frankly I had no idea of their affiliation with Trump.

[Hestia]

103. Remember when Fred Thompson was running, NBC pulled all of his Law & Order shows from their line up?

Does NBC really need this type of publicity with the Donald? I too am happy to say I have never watched the fighting on his show, nor do I watch any of those type of shows. Just takes money from Union SAG members.

[jerryster]

106. Lawrence O'Donnell was on fire last night.

He hit the nail on the head. All NBC has to do is announce that celebrity apprentice is coming back next year and trump will have to shut up. And all the stupid republikochs will have to wonder why they believed he would run and win. Then again, they probably aren't smart enough to figure things out even after that.

[fascisthunter]

108. the Relation between the Corporate Media and Republicans is Super Clear

there is a huge bias... could you imagine a Democrat having a show, while running a Presidential campaign?

[Jennicut]

110. Trump disgusts me. His show is crap anyways.

[Uncle Joe]

111. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[BrklynLiberal]

112. Oh good. Now he will be available to run for President!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: