In the wake of Jason Biggs’ misogynistic comments about Ann Romney and Janna Ryan, The Colorado Rockies announced yesterday that it has canceled “Nickelodeon Day.” In response, thousands of Twitter users posted comments supporting The Rockies.
Major Nickelodeon advertisers, by strong contrast, have not taken any action to distance themselves from either Nickelodeon or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
This morning, Twitchy contacted Nickelodeon advertisers General Mills, Kellogg’s, Sears, and Kraft Foods. All were familiar with the controversy.
None except Sears has condemned Jason Biggs’ comments. None has decided to pull ads from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
A Kellogg’s rep noted that Nickelodeon has deleted all the links it posted to Biggs’ sex-obsessed Twitter page.
Sears Holdings Co. and its subsidiary, Kmart, disavowed Biggs’ comments earlier this week, but they are not pulling ads.
“I have checked and see that Sears has not pulled its ads from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” said a customer service rep.
By contrast, Sears refuses to run ads on the Rush Limbaugh show. Sam’s Club, which is owned by Nickelodeon advertiser Walmart, also has said it will not run ads on Limbaugh’s show.
Some Twitter users say they will not buy products made by companies that sponsor Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Our campaign to remove @jasonbiggs from @TMNTMaster or boycott all advertisers of @NickelodeonTV @viacom is to escalate! ..
— Chris (@Chris_1791) September 6, 2012
Will boycott Kraft/General Mills/Kellogs./Nickelodeon -Jason Biggs' Twitter account – lewd posts | Fox News http://t.co/hVyRKTvL via @fox411
— donttreadonme53 (@donttreadonme53) September 6, 2012
https://twitter.com/rhondalburns/status/243397482074238976
@GeneralMills Hi please remove yourselves from the trainwreck at Nickelodeon until they fire Jason Biggs or no General Mills in my house.
— James E Thompson (@JamesEThompson3) September 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/MikePacey/status/243030525399400448
https://twitter.com/valsocal/status/242449137260429313
https://twitter.com/McCraryResearch/status/242062743652425731
https://twitter.com/mbt1955/status/242171503741923328
https://twitter.com/mtadude/status/242388886804918272
https://twitter.com/katyabram/status/242303111912370176
https://twitter.com/wiserecovery/status/243016419405598721
https://twitter.com/Imaumbn/status/242114758474604544
Boycott Nickelodeon and its advertisers
till they fire Jason Biggs @NickelodeonTV #boycottNickelodeonTV— FrGRV1nan® (@RevFr_1nan) September 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/JzzS/status/243428485362774018
https://twitter.com/PatsyGrimmett/status/242433102109097984
@Kraftfoods: As a customer, I will NOT buy your product if you support @NickelodeonTV @JasonBiggs vulgarity –> http://t.co/pn4R4Duz
— DJP (@virginiapops) September 2, 2012
A list of Nickelodeon advertisers, along with contact information, can be found here.
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