This kind of thing doesn’t happen on its own. There is an entire media and social media ecosystem that has allowed this type of racism and bigotry to become normalized and accepted. https://t.co/am9cT33TED
slpng_giants (@slpng_giants)
Don’t forget that, as these women and children are separated at the border, there’s an entire media ecosystem that is pushing it, supporting it and flying cover for it, from Fox News to Breitbart. If you’re advertising with them, you’re supporting this. Fact. https://t.co/1QcZSJsKMF
slpng_giants (@slpng_giants)
When you’ve built your network on vilifying people of color, people of different religions and people from other countries, you don’t get to blame other people just for pointing it out.
slpng_giants (@slpng_giants)
Last week, Steve Bannon told the French National Front to “let them call you racists and xenophobes. Wear it as a badge of honor.” Next week, he’s scheduled to take the stage for a @FinancialTimes forum. Tell @FinancialTimes they should not give racists a platform. https://t.co/cRbFerhWsF
slpng_giants (@slpng_giants)
@NateSilver538 You are speaking as a publisher, not a citizen. If you’re a person of color or a member of the LGBTQ community or an immigrant, these companies are literally footing the bill for you to be vilified every week. Bigotry should not be deemed political. That’s a big part of the issue
slpng_giants (@slpng_giants)
This is deeply fucked up. 1) Take responsibility for what you said about immigrants on air. We did not say it 2) Stop equating it with politics. Slagging of immigrants should not be a political issue. 3) Equating our tweeting with protesters at his home is borderline defamation. https://t.co/VRcwtKYRhs
penndragonArt (@penndragonArt)
Last week, Steve Bannon told the French National Front to “let them call you racists and xenophobes. Wear it as a badge of honor.” Next week, he’s scheduled to take the stage for a @FinancialTimes forum. Tell @FinancialTimes they should not give racists a platform. https://t.co/cRbFerhWsF
catherinecritz (@catherinecritz)
#RT @slpng_giants: Last week, Steve Bannon told the French National Front to “let them call you racists and xenophobes. Wear it as a badge of honor.” Next week, he’s scheduled to take the stage for a @FinancialTimes forum. Tell @FinancialTimes they sho… https://t.co/X2iTZQuAwo
peacethics (@peacethics)
@slpng_giants @makerofnoise To which I answer Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers Koch brothers...
MarthaGrierson (@MarthaGrierson)
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS??? @FT are you willing to stoop so low to profit from hosting a man who, just days ago, told people that they should be proud to be called racists?? @deanbaquet & Jeff Zucker (@CNN) are your really going to share a stage with open racist Steve Bannon? https://t.co/ZCoGq8u5SO
BobMontrose (@BobMontrose)
Hey @FinancialTimes please drop Steve Bannon from your 22 March 2018 conference. He holds extreme racist views as expressed in his talk to the National Front in France last week. Please don’t give this discredited man your platform to spread his hate. @slpng_giants
HelenBierlein (@HelenBierlein)
#RT @slpng_giants: RT @slpng_giants: Last week, Steve Bannon told the French National Front to “let them call you racists and xenophobes. Wear it as a badge of honor.” Next week, he’s scheduled to take the stage for a @FinancialTimes forum. Tell @Finan… https://t.co/X2iTZQuAwo
peacethics (@peacethics)
Good article, bad headline. 1) The vast majority of these advertisers came to this decision on their own because his increasingly xenophobic comments don’t align with their brands. 2) You shouldn’t have to belong to a specific political ideology to have an issue with bigotry. https://t.co/I9QwUx1scr
WomensHoopsBlog (@WomensHoopsBlog)
This is deeply fucked up. 1) Take responsibility for what you said about immigrants on air. We did not say it 2) Stop equating it with politics. Slagging of immigrants should not be a political issue. 3) Equating our tweeting with protesters at his home is borderline defamation. https://t.co/VRcwtKYRhs
BrianAbrams (@BrianAbrams)
“Let them call you racist. Wear it as a badge of honor”. These are the unapologetically racist words spoken by Steve Bannon last week. @FinancialTimes still has him giving a keynote at @ftlive next week. Send a POLITE email to FTLive Head [email protected] to ask why. https://t.co/N1FNVqBmL3
SimonMeacock (@SimonMeacock)
When you’ve built your network on vilifying people of color, people of different religions and people from other countries, you don’t get to blame other people just for pointing it out.
BabsHogueneee (@BabsHogueneee)
Want to know why @Amazon is the last large advertiser on Breitbart, where their ads show up alongside articles like “There’s No Hiring Bias Against Women In Tech, They Just Suck At Interviews”? Because when you have a monopoly, you don’t care which consumers you offend.
slpng_giants (@slpng_giants)
@financialtimes Disappointed to see Steve Bannon’s inclusion in your speaker line-up. He thinks being a racist and a xenophobe is a badge of honor. His abhorrent views serve to suppress freedom of expression and reasoned dialogue. Do not give him a platform! @slpng_giants
danwalterwriter (@danwalterwriter)
@NateSilver538 Advertisers, and citizens, know xenophobia and racism when they see it. No one is pulling ads from legit news sources or commentary that aren’t pushing hateful bullshit and no one would ask them to. By categorizing Carlson’s rhetoric as “news”, you are part of normalizing it.
altdogcatcher (@altdogcatcher)
When asked why @Shopify supports Breitbart, with articles like “There’s No Hiring Bias Against Women In Tech, They Just Suck At Interviews”, their CEO @tobi blocked us. He is absolutely fine supporting and profiting from bigotry and disinformation. https://t.co/LZ9cok0f0F
Real_Ghost_Dog (@Real_Ghost_Dog)
One year after all of the readers of Infowars had accepted it as fact. What a fucking joke. And where is Fox News’ retraction? Where is Sean Hannity’s apology? How’s that “internal investigation” going? https://t.co/A5AXCSVYLT
braak (@braak)
@NateSilver538 You are speaking as a publisher, not a citizen. If you’re a person of color or a member of the LGBTQ community or an immigrant, these companies are literally footing the bill for you to be vilified every week. Bigotry should not be deemed political. That’s a big part of the issue
indivisibleWA5 (@indivisibleWA5)
Want to know why @Amazon is the last large advertiser on Breitbart, where their ads show up alongside articles like “There’s No Hiring Bias Against Women In Tech, They Just Suck At Interviews”? Because when you have a monopoly, you don’t care which consumers you offend. https://t.co/ZzVC2m651d
bunnyhuggr (@bunnyhuggr)
This kind of thing doesn’t happen on its own. There is an entire media and social media ecosystem that has allowed this type of racism and bigotry to become normalized and accepted. https://t.co/am9cT33TED
gbannan (@gbannan)
“Let them call you racist. Wear it as a badge of honor”. These are the unapologetically racist words spoken by Steve Bannon last week. @FinancialTimes still has him giving a keynote at @ftlive next week. Send a POLITE email to FTLive Head [email protected] to ask why. https://t.co/N1FNVqBmL3
DrBarringtonDog (@DrBarringtonDog)
FRIDAY RANT: When Diamond & Silk testified in front of Congress this week, it was the final step in trying to legitimize the idea that “conservative voices are being silenced” by social media companies, which is a completely irrelevant argument. https://t.co/a83RFow1Th
ChillyFB (@ChillyFB)
❄️Area man who funded a website featuring articles like “There’s No Hiring Bias Against Women in Tech, They Just Suck At Interviews”, “Young Muslims In The West are a Ticking Timebomb” sues over a line in a movie.❄️ https://t.co/TX8zZpMJpr
gemini713 (@gemini713)
Don’t forget that, as these women and children are separated at the border, there’s an entire media ecosystem that is pushing it, supporting it and flying cover for it, from Fox News to Breitbart. If you’re advertising with them, you’re supporting this. Fact. https://t.co/1QcZSJsKMF
flightbomb (@flightbomb)
@FinancialTimes please drop Steve Bannon from your 22 March 2018 conference. He holds extreme racist views as expressed in his talk to the National Front in France last week. Please don’t give this discredited man your platform to spread his hate. @slpng_giants
Quizzicalbee (@Quizzicalbee)
This perfectly sums up what we believe and what the racists and grifters don’t understand. Social media platforms are advertising and data mining companies. They only pull out the “free speech” argument to protect their engagement and ad rates. It has always been in bad faith. https://t.co/GFbS3eN5kH
kimerlyus (@kimerlyus)
.@jaketapper, we know you’re concerned about Steve Bannon’s virulent bigotry. Doesn’t it seem out of whack to have @CNN Head Jeff Zucker on a stage talking about “trust in media” with him? https://t.co/pIuADNwll0
DebashriSG (@DebashriSG)
@NateSilver538 Thanks for responding, Nate. All due respect, there is a big difference between fighting bigotry and bigotry itself. What would the solution be if Fox, as they’ve already proven, doesn’t moderate the unfettered xenophobia and bigotry on their network? Not express our displeasure?
MarciaBarnes13 (@MarciaBarnes13)
@FinancialTimes Disappointed to see Steve Bannon’s inclusion in your speaker line-up. He thinks being a racist and a xenophobe is a badge of honor. His abhorrent views serve to suppress freedom of expression and reasoned dialogue. Do not give him a platform! @slpng_giants
Laurie51581354 (@Laurie51581354)
Wow. So now we know there IS a line for @amazon and their advertising. It just doesn’t include Breitbart, which has articles like “There’s No Hiring Bias Against Women In Tech, They Just Suck At Interviews”. https://t.co/LPKv7seh9Q
captanne (@captanne)
@FinancialTimes @slpng_giants please reconsider including Steve Bannon on your “Truth in Media” conference panel. His stint at propagandist Breitbart and his racist views do not make him a good candidate to speak about any kind of truth, let alone truth in the media.
jeanieln (@jeanieln)
It’s remarkable how many publishers have an issue with Carlson’s advertisers departing. Don’t worry, folks. If you don’t denigrate minorities, immigrants, women and the gay community on the regular, you should be fine.
onlyfourth (@onlyfourth)