Well, looks like ColorofChange.org doesn't exactly know how to ruin a career. They ignore the fact that, like Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck uses his shock-power as a generator for more publicity. By declaring war on him, all they really serve to do is get more people to watch his three-ring circus on television. Regardless of the public perception, more viewers = more advertising exposure for companies.
When's the last time you actually boycotted a product? Seriously? Even if you get 2 million people to do it, there's still 298 million left in the country, not to mention the fact that the people who are crying about Beck never agreed with him or watched his show in the first place.
I'm not defending the dude. He's a moron. But so are Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Ed Shultz, Nancy Grace, Sean Hannity...do I need to go on? These people LIVE on their outrageous statements, and by declaring them to be so very bad, you're also declaring them an important part of national politics, which they most certainly aren't (or shouldn't be, anyway).
What ColorofChange.org should be MORE concerned about is the fact that there are people who believe Glenn. That's not really Glenn's fault--he's just the clown in front of the camera. the real issue is far more systemic--it's that people like him are made into bigger news than they need to be by...
...well, the people at ColorofChange.org, for one.
I decided to use their petition to get the real message to Beck's advertisers, one that makes a little more sense than "OMG STOP MARKETING YOUR BRAND WITH A HIGHLY-RATED SHOW." Beck's got high ratings because everyone's drawing attention to him.
The commercials that appear during any show are as disconnected from our minds as any other advertisement. DO you remember on which show you saw that last Palm Pre commercial? No, you just know that commercial sucks, and that you're going to buy a Palm Pre anyway because it's an awesome fucking phone. You don't know or care which show it was running during anymore than you care whose property that shitty ING billboard was on.
When I signed ColorofChange.org's petition, here's the personal message I attached for the advertisers:
Attached is a message that you'll be getting from a lot of butthurt people complaining about Glenn Beck. Since morons like Glenn are all over television and not just on FOX News, I implore you to ignore colorofchange.org's whinefest about this one dude and not let your marketing of your brand be affected by a couple of crybabies who believe, in silly hyperbole, that Beck is the root of all injustice. He may be crazy and stupid (and probably illiterate), but his ratings are high, and I can guarantee that all the people complaining about him spend their time watching his show so that they can flip out about him on their protest website some more. In the meantime--they'll ALSO be watching your advertisements. Bonus, no?
Maybe the folks at ColorofChange.org could find better ways to spend their time than to attack a retarded flailing imp that doesn't have (and never had) any left-wing support to begin with.
Let's say they win and he gets taken off the air. Okay. Now what? Everything is sunshine and cupcakes and we all sing songs around equality square? I don't like either party, but the lefties are sure good at illustrating why the righties are better at grasping and holding the reins of power.
Who gets the bigger audience, whining crybabies, or furious morons?
Furious morons will win every time, and this is why Keith is losing to Bill, and why ColorofChange.org is destined only to make Beck a furious moron with an even larger viewer base. Way to go, crybabies.
