Ever since the days of Mr. Beck on CNN..I have not been very impressed with his reporting or his commentaries.  Since arriving at FOX his commentaries have taken a particularly negative and false in nature.  He has been using some particularly oiffensive titles for people since the Obama win ion November.

Nielsen Business Media is reporting:

Some of the nation’s biggest advertisers are distancing themselves from Fox News host Glenn Beck after he called President Obama a racist during a July 28 broadcast.Geico has pulled its ads from Fox News Channel’s “The Glenn Beck Program.” Lawyers.com, which is owned by LexisNexis, also has vowed not to advertise during the program, according to Color of Change, an African-American online political organization that has been urging advertisers to stop supporting the show.

Additionally, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance and SC Johnson all said their ad placements during the broadcast were made in error and that they would correct the mistake.

The controversy stems from Beck’s comment that President Obama is a “racist” with “a deep-seated hatred for white people.”

I find this situation a bit interesting, that sponsors would bail on Beck when other commentators on FOX have been just as offensive if not more so than Beck.  I am sure that these advertisers are just pulling cash for Beck but the rest of the FOX line-up will retain their support.

That brings up a question:  Is it the content or Beck himself that these sponsors resent?  Or is it pressure from the outside that brought about the bail?  If so, then these sponsors are caving to pressure and not to the words of the person.  And if that is the case then they have no problem with his accusations, just the threat of a boycott or such.