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Drummond Pike, CEO of the Tides Foundation to a host of other top line CEOs& Directors.
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"To say we were \shocked\ does not adequately describe our reaction. Imagine, for a moment, that you were us and, had it not been for a sharp eyed highway patrolman, a heavily armed man in full body armor would have made it to your office with the intent to kill you and your colleagues. His motive? Apparently, it was because the charitable, nonpartisan programs we run are deemed part of a conspiracy to undermine America and the capitalist system, which is hogwash.[.. wrote:

I respectfully request that you bring this matter of your company's sponsorship of hate speech leading to violence to the attention of your fellow directors as soon as possible. I believe no responsible company should advertise on Fox News due to its recent and on-going deplorable conduct.

While we may agree to disagree about the role our citizens and our government should play in promoting social justice and the common good, there should be no disagreement about what constitutes integrity and professionalism and responsibility in discourse - even when allowing for and encouraging contending diverse opinions intelligently argued. This is not a partisan issue. It's an American issue. No one, left, right or center, wants to see another Oklahoma City.

The next \"assassin\" may succeed, and if so, there will be blood on many hands. The choice is yours. Please join my call to do the right thing in this regard and put Fox News at arm's length from your company by halting your advertising with them."]
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The right wingnut radio station here airs advertisements for hair plugs, impotence cures, used cars, get-rich-quick schemes, a real-estate-investor correspondence course, dodgy Medicare programs, a local steakhouse and Republican candidates. Since they lost the Orioles broadcast their ratings have been plummeting.

I don't know which companies advertise on Faux News since I never watch, but I'm guessing they're after the same demographic, and appealing to their finer side, if there is one, won't be very effective.
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