Daily Kos vs. Fox News

Bill O'Reilly has started a campaign targeting sponsors and advertisers of Daily Kos. O'Reilly had the nerve to call Daily Kos a "hate site" filled with "hate speech" (one wonders if he was looking into a mirror when he thought he was looking at Daily Kos).

Remember that Bill O'Reilly has advocated a terrorist bombing of San Francisco, advocates violence against American citizens, and tells Jewish callers to move to Israel if they support separation of church and state. And Remember that Fox News in general has MANY people who advocate violence, intolerance and anti-Semitism.

Jet Blue, originally a sponsor of Yearly Kos, has bowed to O'Reilly's lies and is slinking out of its public sponsorship of Kos. This has led many at Daily Kos to decide Jet Blue is too quick to bow to the right wing. I should remind people that Jet Blue was the first airline to start giving the Federal government all info it had on its passengers. Later the Bush administration got all airlines doing this, but Jet Blue did so eagerly and immediately, in the eyes of many violating passenger privacy. Some are suggesting Southwest as an alternative. I can vouch of Southwest. They are cheap and so minimalist in terms of what you get. But we have liked them and found them nice and reliable.

For those who want to contact Jet Blue, here's their email: corporatecommunications@jetblue.com

This conflict is escalating into a full scale consumer war between Daily Kos and Fox News. Remember that Fox News started this.

Now it is becoming a contest between Lowe's and Home Depot. Lowe's has decided that it can't take Fox News intolerance, so it has pulled its advertising from Fox. You can thank Lowe's through these email addresses:

Ron Jarvis, Vice President of Environmental Innovation
ron_jarvis@homedepot.com

Frank Blake, Chief Executive Officer
francis_blake@homedepot.com

Carol Tome, Chief Financial Officer
carol_tome@homedepot.com

Home Depot, on the other hand, is siding with Fox. This is not surprising given that Home Depot Executive Vice President Francis Blake served for 10 months as George W. Bush’s deputy energy secretary in 2001 before accepting his current position with Home Depot. And Karen Knutson, wife of the primary in-house lobbyist for Home Depot, was formerly a top aid to Dick Cheney.

So, if you want to contact Home Depot and tell them what you think, here are some email addresses:
ron_jarvis@homedepot.com, francis_blake@homedepot.com, carol_tome@homedepot.com

Using your power as an investor and a consumer can have a huge impact. Sometimes it only takes a handful of emails, phone calls or letters to sway a company. If you are interested in a comprehensive list of Fox advertisers, please go here. I wrote several other advertisers.