ACTION: Anne Coulter Website Advertiser Contact Information Here

[Terre]

Cross-posted, with the kind permission of VolvoDrivingLiberal, over at DailyKos.

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Ann Coulter's latest bigoted and hateful diatribe has justifiably evoked rage and disgust throughout the progressive community, and every aspect of the subject has been diaried extensively in the last 48 hours.

One of the best ways to communicate one's distaste for Coulter's repeated incidents of hate speech is to respectfully but firmly let her advertisers know you are deeply troubled by their indirect support of bigotry through their advertising on Coulter's website.

A list of Coulter's advertisers with contact information is detailed below. Please note that web advertisers place ads in rotations, often only visible during specific time periods, and thus this list may not be complete.

Remember, if you plan to contact any of these companies, keep your communication succinct and respectful. Make sure your message has a professional tone. Ask them politely to consider withdrawal of advertising from AnnCoulter.com. If you are a customer or shareholder of any of these companies, be sure to state that fact, as it will carry more weight with your message.

Here's the list. This diary will be updated if additional advertisers are found. If you personally have better contacts for key personnel in these firms please share them in the comments.

Google

Investor relations contact is here.

No other contact information appeared to be available.

Sallie Mae

Investor relations contact is here.

Phone: (888) 2-SALLIE (888-272-5543)
Fax: [phone]

Verizon Communications

Email addresses and phone numbers for key Verizon PR staff personnel can be found here.

Toyota

Online public email contact link is here.

USA Today

Marketing/Advertising email contact page is here.

ING Financial

Corporate contact page is here.

YAHOO

Complete listing of media relations staff and advertising agency email addresses can be found here.

Universal Studios Orlando

Media/Public Relations contact page is here.

Monster.com

Contact is Robert Jones, VP Global Corporate Communications/Investor Relations. Email address is [e-mail].

Dish Network

Media/Public Relations email is [e-mail].
Investor Relations contact is here.

Dollar Rent-A-Car

Contact Emily Gill, Public Relations Administrato, 918-669-2949, or email, [e-mail]

Washington Mutual

Public online contact page can be found here.

NetBank

Primary IR Contact:
Rich Jeffers
Director, Investor Relations
NetBank
1015 Windward Ridge Parkway
Alpharetta , GA 30005
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Primary Media Contact:
Matthew Shepherd
Director, Corporate Communications
NetBank
1015 Windward Ridge Parkway
Alpharetta , GA 30005
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Public contact link is here.

Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau (Gulfshores.com)

Email address is [e-mail]

YellowPages.com

Public contact link is here.

SmileTrain.org

This is a non-profit which provides surgery to children with cleft palates. Email contact is [e-mail].

Classmates.com (subsidiary of United Online)

United Online contacts with email addresses are:

Elizabeth Gengl
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications
PR Hotline Number - [phone]
[e-mail]

Scott Matulis
Vice President, Corporate Communications
PR Hotline Number - [phone]
[e-mail]

United Online also owns NetZero, Juno, and other businesses.

Smiley.com (subsidiary of IAC Group)

IAC Group email contact addresses can be found here.

Note that IAC owns a number of high profile businesses, such as Frontgate Catalogues, eVite, Ticketmaster, Lending Tree, and others. For a complete list of IAC businesses click here.

Education-Advancement.com

Online public comment link is here.

Ulta.com (cosmetics)

Online public comment link is here.

My own note: This ought to keep us busy for awhile, and all for a good cause. Time to hit her back where it counts!

[Terre]

1. Kickin'

:kick:  so it doesn't drop to page two just yet.

I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to the advertisers above, and assuming they are unaware of her comment. If you need a template, feel free to use this, and adjust accordingly. This is what I wrote to ING and Verizon (with minor adj):

Dear ING,

I recently opened a savings account with you back in December, 2006. Granted, it's not a huge sum, but I opened my account with you for two reasons: 1) Your interest rate is great, and 2) Your company was politically neutral.

I have recently found out that your advertise on www.AnnCoulter.com. If you are unaware, this is what she said this past Friday:

"I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I -- so kind of an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards," Ann Coulter told GOP activists attending the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17442986

This type of language, used to describe either a Democrat or a Republican, has absolutely no place in the public discourse. Therefore I am respectfully requesting that you pull your advertising from her website.

Thanking you in advance,

Terre XXXX

Obviously you don't need to email all of them, but a couple of them would be helpful.

Thanks people.

[Catchawave]

2. Oh the hypocrisy of Coulters "chat" site

From the RULES:

-Obscene, profane, vulgar, or threatening posts will not be tolerated.

http://www.anncoulter.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=35305

[Terre]

3. Figures.

Color me surprised - NOT!

Although I've provided a link to her website, I refuse to go there and give her the traffic.  :puke:

[Terre]

4. An even BETTER sample letter

that you can use with permission from author, Lisa Lockwood:

Dear Sir/Madam,

When is (company name) going to stop endorsing, promoting, and supporting hate speech? Your advertisment on Ann Coulter's website indicates that you proudly support her ongoing and lengthy pattern of spreading hate and bigotry.

Hate speech has no place in the American public dialogue, yet you clearly support it when your company advertises on Ms. Coulter's very public website. Is that how you wish to be perceived? Is that a good marketing strategy? Are you proud to be associated with a person who uses derogatory words publicly to refer to anyone, whether a Presidential candidate or a private citizen?

If you are proud of her statements, stand behind and endorse them, than by all means continue to provide her with the means to widely spread her hate.

Otherwise, as a consumer and a citizen, I strongly urge you to withdraw your support and publicly state that you are against any form of hate speech.

I look forward to your response.

XXXX

[Forkboy]

8. Form letters are a bad way to go about it,imo.

After about a dozen of the same letters saying the same thing they'll just start to ignore them.Better to write your own heartfelt words.

Just my 2 cents.

[Terre]

9. I agree with you

and I think most people do write their own. However, there are many of us (myself included) that don't necessarily use a sample letter verbatim (and call it their own), but re-word it and/or choose from portions to incorporate with their own words.

Sometimes writer's block gets the best of us. Sample letters, for me anyway, generate more enthusiasm.

[Forkboy]

10. I hear ya on the writer's block

I rarely feel that I explain myself well and it takes forever to get it to the point where I'll send it off.

[Kixel]

11. Actually...

As a consumer services professional...it doesn't matter. They won't get read other than to get the basics of the letter. The subject matter counts, but the specific content, not so much. Don't spend too much time writing the email-copy/paste/send is fine. It's a numbers game-enough people complain and people will pay attention. If they receive a few well worded letters, it won't make a damn bit of difference.

[Forkboy]

12. You have a valid point there.

[Terre]

5. One last thing . . .

I feel like I'm talkin' to myself here. ;-)

If a link doesn't work, my apologies. It's too late to edit. Double-check the DailyKos diary for the link, in case I accidentally made a typo in the re-doing.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming...

[Canuckistanian]

6. Good post. Valuable information.

Thanks, K&R.

[Skip Intro]

7. K&R

[The Doctor.]

13. Kick... for an anonymous email.

;)

[nashville_brook]

14. done and kick

:kick:

[Terre]

15. UPDATE

One advertiser pulls ads!

A current diary on the Recommended list over at DailyKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/5/141633/8349">Coulter Advertisers - A Win!

Based on this diary, I emailed Matthew Shepherd, Directory of Corporate Communications for NetBank. It was a Sunday and within a couple hours, he emailed me back. It was definitely not a canned email response.

He was unaware that NetBank was advertising on her site since they use an agency to sell their ads. He promised to look into it.

Today, Monday, he got back to me saying they were pulling their ads from her site.

I would consider this a big win for us! Anyone else have any more?

On another note, and if you can stomach it, comin' up on Tucker - "Ann Coulter, and did she go to far? Of course she did, but what does it mean?"

Maroon = Tucker

[Eugene]

16. CNN: Companies to pull ads from Coulter's Web site

Three companies claim they were unaware they advertised with her.

Companies to pull ads from Coulter's Web site
POSTED: 9:19 p.m. EST, March 5, 2007

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
• Three major companies have requested their ads be pulled from AnnCoulter.com
• A blogger posted contact information for some companies with ads on the site
• Companies didn't know their ads were on the site until they received complaints
• Coulter referred to John Edwards as a "faggot" during an address last week

From Peter Hamby
CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- At least three major companies want their ads pulled from Ann Coulter's
Web site, following customer complaints about the right-wing commentator referring to Democratic
presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot."

Verizon, Sallie Mae and Georgia-based NetBank each said they didn't know their ads were on
AnnCoulter.com until they received the complaints.

-snip-

Verizon, Sallie Mae and NetBank said the ads were put on a variety of sites by a third party
company. In many cases, advertisers do not know which sites feature their ads.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/05/coulter.ads/index.html

[dEMOK]

17. Kicking Coulter...

:kick:

(But that was taken out of context; so the quote is unfair :sarcasm: )

[symbolman]

18. KICK

cool bones..

Keep it up, it will work, I know my site went after Limbaugh, and DOZENS of advertisers walked away :)

[laylah]

19. Personal reply from ING.

Dear Ms. XXXX,

Thank you for your email. Neither ING, nor an ING affiliated company currently
advertises on Ann Coulter's website, or any website associated with Ann Coulter.
ING is an equal opportunity employer that is consistently recognized for its
inclusive hiring practices and commitment to diversity.

Sincerely,

ING Customer Service

[Ninja Jordan]

20. cool