Bayer to Keep Advertising on MSNBC
After Bashir's Palin Scat Rant
by William Bigelow 21 Nov 2013,
8:35 PM PDT
The media watchdog Truth Revolt
has a company on the record saying they will not withdraw advertising from MSNBC after host Martin Bashir stated
former Alaska governor Sarah Palin deserved "s**t" in her mouth and
"p**s" in her face.
Truth Revolt contacted the Bayer Group,
which advertises its product Aleve on Bashir’s program, and the company offered
this response:
Given the wide diversity of media
today and wider range of public opinion on any given issue, it would be an
impossible task to find a major television network whose entire programming
schedule appeals to all audiences. Bayer,
like any advertiser who purchases large packages of advertising time, runs the
risk of having an occasional ad run on a network that broadcasts programming
that may be seen as offensive. Please note that any opinions or views expressed
by the network’s news programs or their hosts are solely that of the network,
and do not necessarily reflect those of Bayer. Bayer does not play a role in
defining network opinions nor do we have any preview to opinions that will be
expressed prior to airing.
We appreciate the opinions you
have expressed. While there may always be reasonable differences over what
constitutes acceptable programming, we do try to exercise good judgment in
selecting networks on which to advertise. Please be assured that we will share
your feedback with our Media Buying group.
When Truth Revolt made repeated
attempts to ask if Bayer would withdraw their advertising solely from Bashir’s
show rather than the entire network, Bayer refused to answer.
After last Friday's attack on
Palin, the public outcry led Bashir to offer an apology on Monday.
Bayer
Bayer
The Bayer company then became
part of IG Farben, a German chemical company conglomerate. During World War II,
the IG Farben used slave labor in factories attached to large slave labor
camps, notably the sub-camps of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[3] IG
Farben owned 42.5% of the company that manufactured Zyklon B,[4] a chemical
used in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and other extermination camps. After
World War II, the Allies broke up IG Farben and Bayer reappeared as an
individual business. The Bayer executive Fritz ter Meer, sentenced to seven
years in prison by the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, was made head of the
supervisory board of Bayer in 1956, after his release.
Note: Klaus Kleinfeld is a director at Bayer AG, a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a director at the American Council on Germany, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Mayer
Brown was the lobby firm for the Bayer
Corporation.
William
M. Daley was a partner at Mayer
Brown, the chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley
Professional career
Daley returned to the practice of
law, as a partner with the firm Mayer Brown (then Mayer, Brown & Platt)
from 1993 to 1997.
Robert
A. Helman is a partner at Mayer
Brown, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Alan
R. Batkin is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee.
Harold E. Ford Jr. is an overseer at
the International Rescue Committee, a political commentator for MSNBC, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Joseph
McLaughlin is a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a director at the American
Council on Germany.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP is the lobby firm for Bayer
HealthCare.
Bayer HealthCare
is a subsidiary of Bayer AG.
Bayer
Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Bayer AG.
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