Michael Savage: Why do Office Depot, Geico and others pay for his hate speech?
First of all, I recognize Michael Savage is an entertainer who has taken advantage of, and added to the hatred of Muslims, women, minorities, etc., in the U.S. He has the soul of a pornographer or war profiteer, so he could care less what he says as long as he gets paid for it.
He’s free to spout whatever he likes, but why do sponsors like Office Depot and Geico Insurance sponsor his ridiculous hate speech? The folks at Brave New Films are asking the same question:
These sponsors have already dropped Savage: Intuit (TurboTax), Chattem (Gold Bond, Icy-Hot, Garlique), ITT Technical Institute -and Union Bank of California.
But some big sponsors remain. Why? Ask them yourselves if you like:
Geico Insurance (800) 861-8380
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare (Makers of Advil, Robitussin, Centrum) (800) 322-3129
Office Depot (800) 463-3768
–WKW
March 9th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Wow I had no idea Intuit stopped advertising on Savage. And I ‘ve been with Geico for 37 years. If I find that they stopped advertising with Savage because he spoke the truth I’ll be looking for a new insurance company.
May 25th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Office Depot has the WORST call centers in the world. Everytime I have to talk to those Phillipine outsource call center staff I cringe. What a waste of time. My business is slowly transferring to Staples and I’ll be done with Office Depot in a few weeks.