#CNNBlackmail: List of the network's advertisers

by Angela K. Durden

According to reports, Media Research Center lists the following companies as advertisers on CNN. I believe the case could be made that these companies have been getting gypped for a while now. I know they are getting gypped now. 

In the list below I have put an asterisk (*) next to the ones I do business with. Frankly, I do not want friends of mine losing their jobs because their companies went out of business due to a boycott. I mean, I know a helpful Ace Hardware Man; great customer service, this dude, right? 

#CNNBlackmail

At the same time, aren't companies supposed to choose to place their ad dollars with networks and newspapers that are supposed to make them look good by association? 

I think so. So whaddaya say, Ace and Aleve and AT&T and all the rest? 

Which CEO will have a quiet word in the ear of the network head and, oooooh...I don't know, tell them to stop it with stupid posturing and the blackmailing of Citizen Journalists — no matter their age, followed up with that ever-so-clever phrase "or else we'll have to rethink our ad dollar placement?" 

Hmmmm? 
Anybody? 
Hello?

AC Pro. Ace Hardware*. Aleve*. Alfa Romeo. Allegra. American Petroleum Institute. Audi. AT&T*.

Bayer*. Behr Paints*. BMW.

Cars.com. Century Link. Chamonix. Clear Choice.

Dell. Expedia. Exxon Mobil.

Hewlett-Packard*. Hilton. Infiniti. Jos. A Bank. Lexus.

Marriott*. McDonald’s*. Men’s Wearhouse. Mini Cooper. Michelob. Microsoft*. 
Mercedes-Benz.

National Car Rental. National Education Association. Optum.

Panera*. Pom Wonderful. Prudential.

Stelara. Sleep Number Beds. Stella Artois.

TD Ameritrade. Tempurpedic. US Postal Service*. 

Vistaprint. Vita Coco. Whole Foods*.