Glenn Beck’s Ad Revenue
I watched Glenn Beck’s show yesterday for two reasons: 1) I had never watched an entire show, and 2) I wanted to see the effect Color of Change’s campaign to get advertisers to withdraw from Beck’s show. I recognize I watched only one show and it’s anything but scientific, but the impact was remarkable and can hardly be considered coincidental.
As I said it’s obvious advertisers have dropped Beck, but it really stands out when compared to Hardball (MSNBC), which runs in the same time slot but has maybe one-third the viewers that Beck has.
I noted every advertiser and they are listed in order of airing. Just marvel at the stark difference between the two, especially the nationally recognized names (or lack of).
| Hardball | Glenn Beck |
| Campbell’s Soup | Conservatives for Patients Rights |
| Dove Soap | Carbonite.com |
| Local (The Carolinian) | Rosalind Capital (G. Gordon Liddy) |
| Lipo-Flavonoid (supplemental) | Time-Warner Cable |
| Icy Hot | Weekly Standard |
| US Postal Service (Priority Mail) | Goldline Intl. (Investments) |
| Activa Yogurt | Easywater |
| Ortho | Scarguard |
| Tylenol | Tax Settlement (no name, phone # only) |
| State Street Global Advisors | Wall Street Journal |
| UPS | Public Service Ad (floods) |
| National Car Rental | LifeLock |
| MasterCard | Lexus |
| BMW | Roche Accu-Check |
| Servpro | Imperial Structured Settlements |
| Visionworks | Local (Chrysler auto) |
| Time-Warner Cable | PetMeds.com |
| Healthy Choice Foods | Joseph A. Banks Clothiers |
| Wells Fargo Advisors | National Review |
| The Ladders | |
| Subaru | |
| Joseph A. Banks Clothiers | |
| FedEx | |
| Lendingtree.com | |
| GMC | |
| Orbitz |
One fact seems to summarize Fox’s woeful lack of ad revenue: running public service ads during Fox’s show that has the most viewers rather than at 2:00 or 3:00 A.M.
Malkin Moran Math
Michelle Malkin tweets that two million teabaggers attended the Moran March on Washington, D.C. today.
But that appears to be Malkin Moran Math because the District of Columbia Fire Department disagrees with her. They estimated the “teeny, tiny fringe” to be more like 60,000 – 75,000.
Late Update: Politifact says claims by Malkin et al. are deserving of a Pants On Fire Liar rating.
Comparing Max Baucus Health Care Plan
This is a matrix comparing the health care reform plan Max Baucus released yesterday with the plan Max Baucus published in November 2008. The matrix is based on Marcy Wheeler’s analysis. Moreover, as Jane Hamsher notes, Baucus plan forces “low- to middle-income [families/individuals] to buy ‘junk’ insurance they can’t afford” to garner Republican support. In other words, it is a mass distribution of wealth to the insurance insurance companies.
Bottom line: It’s worse than a piece of junk and reminds me of the Ally Bank commercial (YouTube).
| Item | Current | Previous |
| Mandate | X | X |
| Medical Exchange | X | X |
| Payroll Deduction Payment | X | |
| Small Business Tax Credit | X | |
| Premium Subsidies for <400% PL | X | |
| Premium Subsidies for <300% PL; protections for <400% PL | X | |
| Medicare Buy-In for >55 | X | |
| Expand Medicaid | X | |
| CHIP coverage to 250% PL | X | |
| Public Option | X | |
| Preventative Care | X | |
| Payment Incentives for Quality | X | |
| Health Care IT | X | |
| Patient-Centered Medical Homes | X | |
| Medical Malpractice Reform | X | |
| Tax Reform (incl taxing better plans) | X | |
| Tax Better Plans | X | |
| <70% Expense Coverage | X | |
| Premium Cap – $11,900 for Family | X |
Shout It Out!
Robert Reich has summarized the Democrats, Republicans, and health care in this instance, rather nicely. It boils down to Ideas (Dems) vs. Discipline (GOP). Democrats can and do come up with great ideas, but the lockstep Republicans have learned through time and experience that ideas don’t matter. Just shout loud and often enough and anything can be killed (or passed).
What we learned in August is something we’ve long known but keep forgetting: The most important difference between America’s Democratic left and Republican right is that the left has ideas and the right has discipline. Obama and progressive supporters of health care were outmaneuvered in August — not because the right had any better idea for solving the health care mess but because the right’s attack on the Democrats’ idea was far more disciplined than was the Democrats’ ability to sell it.
This is a lesson they should pay attention to very closely as 2010 gets nearer.
Cheney’s Record Proves He Has No Credibility
I’m sick of Dick Cheney and Mini-Cheney Liz Cheney trotting out their propaganda and it being accepted as The Holy Gospel by the news media. Let’s end this debate.
Dick Cheney has been exposed for telling lies time-after-time. He has been proven to be wrong over and over again, so why should anyone afford him any credibility? They should not. Bearing that in mind, let’s examine Dick Cheney’s credibility. Can anyone tell me a single time when Dick Cheney was right about anything over the past nine years?
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Cynthia Tucker Slips Big Time
Good grief. Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Constitution-Journal posits “John McCain could be the Senate’s new Ted Kennedy.” That has to be the most far-fetched thing I’ve ever heard her say, but then again she’s not someone I follow regularly. That pretty much explains, I guess, why I haven’t followed her.
Party of No Strikes Again
One of Ted Kennedy’s last requests was to change the succession law in Massachusetts to allow for the governor of the state to appoint his successor rather than have a special election five months later as provided for under current law. Well, the Party of No strikes again. They intend to fight any effort to change the law.
