Glenn Beck went on a tirade against President Obama, calling him a racist. Several public figures and web sites, including ColorOfChange.org and FoxNewsBoycott.com, call for a boycott of Glenn Beck’s sponsors.

Over 45,000 ColorOfChange.org members called on advertisers to pull their ads from Glenn Beck’s show. LexisNexis-owned Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble and Progressive Insurance listened.This is what they had to say:

LEXISNEXIS: Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We have suspended further advertising during Mr. Beck’s program. We have no plans to continue advertising on Mr. Beck’s show.

PROCTER & GAMBLE: No P&G ads should have appeared on this program in the first place. To be clear, if any of our advertising appeared on the Glenn Beck show, it was in error and we appreciate you bringing this matter to our attention. We will do what we can to see that it doesn’t happen again.

PROGRESSIVE: Our (advertising) order specifies no Glenn Beck. We have confirmed with the network that our spots should not be running there.

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