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Six New Companies, Including the USPS, Humana Pledge Not to Run
Additional Ads on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck
62 Companies Now Boycotting the Controversial Host

OAKLAND, Calif.--ColorOfChange.org today confirmed that six new
companies whose ads aired recently during Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck
program have pledged to not to run ads on the show going forward. The
additions -- Aegon, Ashley Furniture, Humana, Luxottica Retail (retail
parent of LensCrafters and Pearle Vision), United States Postal Service
and Wyeth Consumer Healthcare -- bring the number of companies
boycotting Glenn Beck to 62. ColorofChange.org launched its campaign
against Beck last month after the Fox News Channel host called President
Obama a "racist" who "has a deep-seated hatred for white people" during
an appearance on Fox & Friends.

Comments from advertisers recently distancing themselves from Beck:

"The Postal Service's Advertising Department purchased a block of
advertising time from FOX and FOX placed some of our ad time during this
program," said Sandra Latham, a spokesperson for USPS, in an email to
ColorOfChange.org. "We contacted FOX when the issue occurred several
weeks ago and advised FOX to not use our allotted ads during this program."

In a phone conversation with ColorOfChange.org on Thursday, Luca
Biondodillo, Senior Vice President of International Corporate
Communications for Lenscrafters/Pearle Vision/Luxottica Retail,
confirmed their recent drop from Glenn Beck's show. "We pulled our
advertising," said Biondodillo. "We are no longer advertising on that
show and we have no plans to do any more advertising on that show."

"We have ordered them not to air our ads during his [Beck's]
program," said Mark Mathis, a spokesman for Humana, in a phone
conversation with ColorOfChange.org on Thursday.

"Our advertisements are no longer running during The Glenn Beck
Show," said Linda Mayer, Assistant Vice President of Corporate
Communications at Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, in an email to
ColorOfChange.org.

"Our advertising was already pulled from that particular program
before you contacted me, and the last possible day any ads could have
been run ([given] lead time required in the contract) was September 4,"
said Pat Baird, a spokesperson for Aegon, in an email to ColorOfChange.org.

In an email to ColorOfChange.org, Kendra Maggert, a spokesperson
for Ashley Furniture confirmed that a statement posted on
MediaMatters.org [http://mediamatters.org/blog/200908280025] was
authentic and that Ashley Furniture has requested that their ads not run
during the Glenn Beck show.

Last month, ColorOfChange.org called on its members to sign a petition
urging companies who advertise on Glenn Beck to cut off their
advertising support of his work. Over 180,000 people have signed the
petition.

Previous companies who have corrected advertising errors and/or pulled
their ads entirely include Airware Inc. (makers of Brez anti-snoring
aids), Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank (a unit of GMAC Financial
Services), Ancestry.com, Applebee's, AT&T, Bank of America, Best Buy,
Blaine Labs Inc., Broadview Security, Campbell Soup Company, ConAgra,
Clorox, CVS, DirecTv, Ditech, The Elations Company, Experian (creator of
FreeCreditReport.com), Farmers Insurance Group, GEICO, General Mills,
Johnson & Johnson (makers of Tylenol), Kraft, Lawyers.com, Lowe's, Men's
Wearhouse, NutriSystem, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance,
RadioShack, Re-Bath, Regions Financial Corporation, Roche, Sam (Store
and Move), SC Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Sargento, Sprint, State Farm
Insurance, Traveler's Insurance, Travelocity, The UPS Store, Verizon
Wireless, Vonage and Wal-Mart.

With more than 600,000 members, ColorOfChange.org is the largest
African-American online political organization in the country.
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