Twitter wants advertisers to ditch Tucker Carlson after his latest xenophobic remarks
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Words still occasionally have consequences — even on Fox News.
After Tucker Carlson accused immigrants of making America "dirtier" on his show Thursday night, outrage quickly followed. On Friday, one of Carlson's most prominent advertisers, Pacific Life, announced that it would be pausing advertising on the show while the company "re-evaluated" its relationship with the program.
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Here is Tucker's original comment in full:
"Nice people, no one doubts that, but as an economic matter, this is insane," Tucker said of low-skilled immigrants. "It's indefensible, so nobody even tries to defend it. Instead, our leaders demand that you shut up and accept this. We have a moral obligation to admit the world’s poor, they tell us, even if it makes our own country poorer, and dirtier, and more divided. Immigration is a form of atonement. Previous leaders of our country committed sins; we must pay for those sins by welcoming an endless chain of migrant caravans."
And here's how Pacific Life responded:
A message from Pacific Life: pic.twitter.com/bDq9hzia53
— Pacific Life (@pacificlife) December 14, 2018
On Twitter, Sleeping Giants — a group organized to exert pressure on companies with ad boycotts —activists, and regular folks called out Carlson and the advertisers on his show:
Pacific Life has pulled its commercials from Tucker Carlson’s show after he said immigrants are making America “dirtier.”
Why do the rest of the advertisers continue supporting him? Do they agree?— Touré (@Toure) December 15, 2018
Hopefully others will follow. Many prominent brands highlight their commitment to diversity and inclusion, and yet underwrite the bigoted crap Tucker Carlson spews nightly. I’m curious what other brands advertise on his show? https://t.co/RWbcx6OK0b
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) December 15, 2018
I just cancelled my account. In the feedback section asking why I am cancelling I simply typed “Tucker Carlson”. #Cancelled
— MaiaNaomi (@leobutterfly) December 15, 2018
Fox News announces to all their advertisers that they support their hosts saying things like immigration makes America "dirtier" — should be a warning to all their advertisers that these types of comments won't be going anywhere anytime soonhttps://t.co/y3E618BXaI https://t.co/aYsAvrvdgb
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) December 14, 2018
Hi @indeed,
I saw you advertise on Tucker Carlson's show. One of the biggest advertisers of the year, in fact!
Do you agree with his comments that immigration makes America "poorer and dirtier"?— jordan (@JordanUhl) December 14, 2018
.@CapitalOne, as a company that markets to immigrants, will you continue to support Tucker Carlson, who said last night that immigrants make our country “poorer and dirtier”?
It seems like a mismatch for your brand. pic.twitter.com/DpEXxDn7UC— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 14, 2018
.@expedia, as a company that joined the lawsuit against the immigration ban, it seems like you’d take issue with Tucker Carlson’s comments that immigrants make our country “poorer and dirtier”. Will you continue to sponsor the messages on his show?https://t.co/MZ5cinFqeX
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 14, 2018
To be fair, Tucker has said a number of equally immoral, foul things in the past. He's not immune to conspiracy theories either. Just recently, he accused the Huffington Post of trying to take away Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.
That's bullshit. The "liberal" media could GAF about Rudolph — we're far more interested in stripping Santa of his monopoly holiday rights and creating a decentralized system of fair trade gift-giving.
Sigh. Let's see how long this particular ad boycott lasts.
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