It appears that the attempted vilification of Glenn Beck orchestrated by colorofchange.org is starting to backfire.  Websites in Glenn's defense as well as internet groups are cropping up and there are calls to let advertisers know they support Glenn Beck.

I remind you, that it is not necessarily because people believe Obama is a racist, it is because people want to defend Beck's right to state his opinion, as many of his detractors have done, and quite loudly, in the past four years and longer.  Why shouldn't Glenn be afforded the same pass that the media gave the left? (Remember when rapper Kanye West announced on the televised Katrina relief show that "George Bush doesn't care about black people? and that he gave "troops permission to go down and shoot us?" Colors of Change issued a t-shirt that said "Kayne Was Right." No boycott of his music.) 

And before anyone starts saying I'm a racist, do not jump to conclusions.  I did not agree with what Kanye West said about Bush or the platform he chose to say it, but I respected his right to voice his opinion, and anyone else who didn't like Bush.  That's what makes America great.  And advertisers have the right to boycott his show, and consumers have the right to boycott the advertisers.

I've been trying to gather this information since this morning and sift through the hype and the non-hype and so far this is what I have come up with as far as which companies support the censure of free speech:

Some of the CONFIRMED boycotting advertisers are:

• Geicko (who, it has been reported, has lost 12,500 customers together with Sargento Cheese as a result of their boycott)
• Sargento Cheese
• CVS
• Progressive Insurance
• Men's Wearhouse
• Lawyers.com
• Radio Shack
• Healthy Choice
• Travelocity

Others who have denied heeding Color of Change's call and have stated that they do not advertise during talk shows include: 

• WalMart
• Clorox
• Best Buy
• Proctor and Gamble

There is a website up now in Glenn's defense which has up-to-date information about the boycott.  You can sign their wall to let Glenn know you support him.

Below is the letter that Colorofchange.org asked their members to send to the advertisers.

To President/CEO & Board:

I want to alert you to the fact that Glenn Beck--whose show you sponsor on FOX--is using his platform to make outlandish accusations about the President and to advance baseless theories that prey on race-based fears.

He is claiming that President Obama is a "racist," that he has a "deep-seated hatred for white people," and that he is attempting to use our government to deliver "Obama-brand reparations." The claims are ludicrous, and the rhetoric is racially divisive and pollutes our public discourse.

I presume your company does not want to enable such rhetoric, nor have your products or services associated with the kind of views and tactics espoused by Beck. I urge you to immediately cease all advertising on the Glenn Beck Program on the FOX News Channel.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

If you want to contact any of the advertisers, be it the ones who are confirmed to have pulled ads and tell them you would like them to reconsider or perhaps lose your business, or the ones who have not pulled their ads to thank them and encourage them to support free speech, the best place to do it is at this website which lists the companies and contact info.   Alberto de la Cruz commented a little while ago that if Fox and Glenn Beck have to pay for what they did, then "we in turn can make the advertisers who Color of Change scared into dropping their advertising on Beck's show pay, too. 

So, if the spirit moves you, go for it.