Roku has just made a bad decision with regard to its growing advertising business by associating its brand with the toxic conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones. As Digiday first reported this morning, Roku has chosen to add the Infowars live show hosted by Jones to the Roku platform as a supported channel, much to the disgust […]
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Turkish President Erdogan calls for boycott of US tech
Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a boycott of all U.S. technology during a speech in the country’s capital city of Ankara. “Every product that we buy in foreign currency from outside, we will produce them here and sell abroad,” said Erdogan during the speech. “We will boycott the electronics products of the U.S.” […]
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Donald Trump supporters are not happy with Walmart.
On Tuesday, The International Business Times reported that the store sells apparel and other items adorned with the words, “Impeach 45.”
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Parkland survivor David Hogg launches ad boycott against Laura Ingraham after she goes too low — even for her
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Fox News host Laura Ingraham is trying to stymie the gun control fight the best way she knows how — by bullying teenage survivors.
Ingraham shared an article on Twitter yesterday revealing Parkland survivor David Hogg’s rejection from four separate colleges. Folks on Twitter immediately pounced on the pundit for this non-bit-of-news, before Hogg jumped in and launched a boycott himself, enjoining advertisers to withdraw from her show.
“David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges to Which He Applied and whines about it,” Ingraham initially wrote on Twitter (that’s her random capitalization, not mine). Read more…
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Brands are cutting ties with the NRA after student-led campaign
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Companies are cutting ties with the National Rifle Association after Parkland students and gun control activists called for an end to their support.
In the past 24 hours, these companies have ended their relationship with the @NRA:
Best Western
Wyndham Hotels
Alamo Rent A Car
National Rent A Car
Enterprise Rent A Car
First National Bank of Omaha#BoycottNRA— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) February 23, 2018
The hashtag #BoycottNRA topped Twitter’s trends in the United States on Friday as a cybersecurity firm, six car rental companies, an insurance corporation, and a bank ended their partnerships with the NRA. Read more…
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Sirius XM faces boycott from celebrities over Steve Bannon’s return
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Steve Bannon might be looking forward to his return to radio, but celebrities like Seth Rogen, John Leguizamo and Melissa Etheridge are promising a boycott.
According to CNN, the former chief strategist for President Donald Trump has rejoined the Sirius XM radio team as a host on the Breitbart News Daily show on conservative station Patriot — and folks are fuming.
Announced last Tuesday, the executive chairman of alt-right website Breitbart News Network has returned to Sirius XM as a regular host along with editor-in-chief Alex Marlow. Bannon has previously hosted the Breitbart News Daily show which premiered in late 2015, and he covered the 2016 GOP nomination. Read more…
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