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Old 11-26-2022, 02:02 PM
 
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Advertisements

Because they hate free speech and would rather have you silenced.

List taken from media matters:

https://www.mediamatters.org/elon-mu...00-advertisers

Abbott Laboratories

Allstate Corporation

AMC Networks

American Express Company

AT&T

Big Heart Petcare

BlackRock, Inc.

BlueTriton Brands, Inc.

Boston Beer Company

CA Lottery (California State Lottery)

CenturyLink (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)

Chanel

Chevrolet*

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

Citigroup, Inc.

CNN

Dell

Diageo

DirecTV

Discover Financial Services

Fidelity

First National Realty Partners

Ford*

Heineken N.V.

Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Hilton Worldwide

Inspire Brands, Inc.

Jeep*

Kellogg Company

Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.

Kyndryl*

LinkedIn Corporation

MailChimp (The Rocket Science Group)

Marriott International, Inc.

Mars Petcare

Mars, Incorporated

Merck & Co. (Merck Sharp & Dohme MSD)*

Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.)

MoneyWise (Wise Publishing, Inc.)

Nestle

Novartis AG*

Pernod Ricard

PlayPass

The Coca-Cola Company

The Kraft Heinz Company

Tire Rack

Verizon

Wells Fargo

Whole Foods Market IP

Yum! Brands

*An asterisk indicates a company has issued a statement or was publicly reported as stopping its ads on Twitter and subsequently confirmed.
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Old 11-26-2022, 02:05 PM
 
Location: new yawk zoo
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ad revenue model wasn’t working pre-musk

Companies that want to go woke will go broke.
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Old 11-26-2022, 02:05 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Good thing I don't buy much of anything from these brands. Some of those companies produce products that are demonstrably bad for the American public and are having a negative impact on our health, well being, etc. I don't trust corporate America much more than I trust the Obiden abomination.
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Old 11-26-2022, 02:18 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Nice list of businesses not to patronize.
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Old 11-26-2022, 03:02 PM
 
Location: New York NY
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Businesses do not want to be associated with extreme rhetoric and ideas, or blatant misinformation, and generally avoid it when possible. They also aren’t fond of advertising platforms that are under government oversight, in shaky financial condition, or run by wildly unpredictable leadership.

When Musk straightens all that out, advertisers will start returning.
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Old 11-26-2022, 03:04 PM
 
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Businesses do not want to be associated with extreme rhetoric and ideas, or blatant misinformation, and generally avoid it when possible. They also aren’t fond of advertising platforms that are under government oversight, in shaky financial condition, or run by wildly unpredictable leadership.

When Musk straightens all that out, advertisers will start returning.
Riiiight lol
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Old 11-26-2022, 03:08 PM
 
Location: My house
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polluting, greedy corporations are taking the moral high ground? if you believe that, i have razors to sell you
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Old 11-26-2022, 03:08 PM
 
Location: Was Midvalley Oregon; Now Eastside Seattle area
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Better to stop buying advertising space-time and evaluate than to get vilified.
You can always buy later after evaluation.
IMO, the Smart move.
YSMV
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Old 11-26-2022, 03:08 PM
 
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Not sure if it is about free speech as you feel...but it could be a business decision.

Musk is an unknown and, quite honestly, his actions the first month have been a bit erratic. Companies want to maximize their marketing dollars. Waiting for things to settle, for the Twitter feed demographics to settle, is not some protest against Musk buying and more about the uncertainty. I'm sure some made moral decisions as well...but few businesses will cut their ability to make money just because they are making a statement. They usually make a statement to bump up their profits.

I don't think they think it is extreme rhetoric at all.. They are saying -- we hav eno clue what there is...for now we'll suspend spending money and let things settle.

But conservatives have a real problem when companies make decisions based on money. They always seem to suggest corporations are in business to make statements.

I don't think so.
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Old 11-26-2022, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Free State of Florida
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Nice list of businesses not to patronize.
My thoughts precisely. I only use 1 of this lists products/services...Wells Fargo for my company's checking account, but now I'll consider switching.

This perfectly reveals the evil unholy alliance between our federal government, and many in the Fortune 500....& their alliance is meant to soak all of us of our labor, savings, & freedoms.

I'd like to see a list of companies that are or who plan to advertise on Twitter now & in the future...I'll buy from them.
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