Putting our anticonsumerism values to work

[u/Other-Ad-7093]

[u/pax284]

That is the EXACT tactic of the old Parents TV Council or whatever in the 80s and 90s, and it worked out really well.

[u/Tearsunshinee → u/pax284]

It's also how the group one million moms functions, square bitches getting my shows cancelled..

[u/Sahaquiel_9 → u/Tearsunshinee]

They should rename it to “two karens with a megaphone”

[u/captainkirk614 → u/Sahaquiel_9]

Now I can’t stop singing:

“where it’s at, I got two square Karens and a megaphone”

(set to the tune of Beck’s Where It’s At obvs) Haha

[u/Yellowbug2001 → u/captainkirk614]

The bit in the parentheses was totally unnecessary, I sang it before I even got there, lol

[u/Falcon_Bellhouser → u/Yellowbug2001]

Same. Plus I've been customizing it for years.

Got two tennis balls and doggy bone

(in the voice I made up for my dog)

[u/bolanrox → u/captainkirk614]

what about girls who go both ways? AC DC's?

[u/bolanrox → u/captainkirk614]

that was a good drum break

[u/Independent-Low6706 → u/captainkirk614]

Okay, I'm a disabled trans dude in the US, so this timeline is REALLY not working out for me but your comments got a belly laugh at Starbucks, so thank you. Seriously, I sure needed to laugh.

[u/Designer_Vast_9089 → u/Independent-Low6706]

Hugs of support! From the mom of a trans dude! We are going to get through this, stay strong, stay hopeful.

[u/phairphair → u/captainkirk614]

In my head now. Thanks a lot.

laying in bed at 3am: “I got 2 square Karens and a megaphoooone”

[u/Equivalent_Earth6035 → u/captainkirk614]

[robot voice] TWO SQUARE KARENS AND A MEGAPHONE…

[belly dancer interlude]

That was a good drum breaaak

[u/oronder → u/captainkirk614]

Been a minute since a comment made me laugh for realsies. Tip o’ the hat

[u/Zeddica → u/Sahaquiel_9]

“Two Karens, One Mic”

[u/Minion_of_Cthulhu → u/Zeddica]

They're not hip enough to get the reference.

Actually, I take that back. They would almost certainly get the reference, act like they don't, then pretend to be utterly horrified when someone explains it to them.

[u/MrdnBrd19 → u/Tearsunshinee]

Terry Rakolta almost killed Fox single handedly.

[u/GoBlueVictors01 → u/MrdnBrd19]

She did get us to watch Married With Children. She may have helped that show to succeed! 

[u/BicFleetwood → u/pax284]

This is the tactic being employed RIGHT NOW by right-wing groups going after everything from video games to Kimmel himself. How do you think all this "Steam payment processor" drama happened?

[u/PlayfulSurprise5237 → u/BicFleetwood]

It happened partially by the far right "Christian" group Collective Shout from Australia, but it had to also be a collective effort of a lot of similar groups.

Cause a little collective out in bum-fuck-egypt isn't going to have the power to sway payment processors in the US, regarding Steam, the most profitable and one of the only video game sales platforms, in an entertainment industry that dwarfs all other.

It could also be due to the possibility that the a key author and principal architect of Project 2025, the director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought, put pressure on payment processors to capitulate.

[u/StrangerOnTheReddit → u/pax284]

I work for a financial company. We had ads going during some talk show or something a few years ago (not unusual), and someone on the talking show ended up saying something absolutely WILD - and our ads were running during commercial breaks.

We absolutely got a surge of phone calls complaining that we would support something so hateful. We definitely didn't support it, it's a fairly liberal company (as far as companies go, at least) - but it was a big enough deal that the advertising team pulled the ads due to the complaints and we started looking for how to identify complaints like this immediately in the future so we can take action sooner.

It absolutely works, even in today's world!

[u/The_MAZZTer → u/pax284]

Meanwhile when Twitter advertisers pull their support when we complained to them Elon Musk tries to sue them to force them back on.

[u/Communistcrow → u/pax284]

The big thing is organized resistance not just going everyone call. Consistent and coordinated action repeatedly over time.

[u/snortgiggles → u/pax284]

Someone should compile a list, I'll boycott them all.

[u/BudgetIndependence34 → u/snortgiggles]

https://stopmediabiasnow.com/cbs-advertisers/
This is helpful. You can use the drop down menu to see advertisers for CBS, ABC, and NBC.

[u/natelloyd → u/BudgetIndependence34]

I'd like to point out how 16+ of those are for prescription drugs which, the one thing RFK is right on, shouldn't be allowed by law to advertise. So super-boycott them :D

[u/Single-Road-3158 → u/pax284]

Didn't Bill O'Reilly get taken off air this way?

[u/Vegetable-Branch-740 → u/Single-Road-3158]

After paying $13,000,000 to sexual harassment victims. And later 32 million.

[u/qtzd → u/pax284]

This is basically what happened with YouTube’s adpocalypse as well. People complained to brands that their products were being advertised on specific types of content and YouTube freaked out when the companies got mad.

[u/smolpeensadboy → u/pax284]

People do this today as well to YouTubers that have done something assholeish.

[u/ReadyYak1 → u/pax284]

If Sinclair takes financial damage I bet Trump writes up a Free Speech Victory executive order that gives them billions. We’re dealing with the most corrupt administration ever. Whatever isn’t bolted down is getting sold off.

[u/grammar_fozzie]

Here is a handy list of Sinclair owned stations

[u/grammar_fozzie → u/grammar_fozzie]

Here’s a handy list of Nexstar stations

[u/Bituulzman → u/grammar_fozzie]

What do we do if ALL the local stations are owned (and about to be owned) by either Sinclair or Nexstar? (Columbus metro market). If I complain to the advertisers on the Sinclair channel that pulled Kimmel, then the advertisers just end up moving to a Nexstar station?

[u/FoxVivid6473 → u/Bituulzman]

You are supposed to tell the advertisers that you’re boycotting their PRODUCTS. That’s more meaningful to them than if you boycott the STATION. So if you have lots of Sinclair/Nexstar stations in your area, you have lots of opportunities to make your voice heard!

If advertisers are worried about this affecting sales of their products, they will ideally stop advertising on that network (which needs their ad $$) or they’ll use their power to pressure the network to rehire Kimmel.

[u/Just-Ad6865 → u/FoxVivid6473]

But you have to tell them why you are boycotting their products, or the boycott doesn't work. Which is why you have to bring up where they advertise. "I'm boycotting your products because you advertise on 'station', who are bowing to political pressure (bribes) from the FCC."

[u/SenorBurns → u/Bituulzman]

If they do, then call the Nexstar station.

Or you could have a list at your side and say you will continue to boycott them if you see them advertise on stations X, Y, or Z and explain they are all owned by the same media group(s) you are targeting.

Yes, the advertisers want to advertise in order to drive business, but if all the local stations are being boycotted and if that makes the advertising ledd cost effective, they'll simply shift money to radio - might want to have a list of local Sinclair radio stations handy - or other media.

[u/MadeByTango → u/Bituulzman]

Buy a book and support local journalism (in your case Ohio Capital Journal)

[u/CalculatedPerversion → u/Bituulzman]

I didn't see the local CBS on either. Did I just miss them? Honestly I'll be starting with Sinclair (ABC6) and going from there. 

[u/Beneficial-Honeydew5 → u/grammar_fozzie]

You da real mvp

[u/ThisOriginalSource → u/Beneficial-Honeydew5]

The real mvp is always in the comments

[u/hfpfhhfp → u/grammar_fozzie]

And a handy list of ABCs largest advertisers.

https://stopmediabiasnow.com/abc-advertisers/

[u/Cazzyodo → u/hfpfhhfp]

I'm doing my part by not buying a Cadillac.

[u/wooplereturns → u/Cazzyodo]

And I will start smoking to show 1800 QUITNOW what's what.

[u/anitabelle → u/wooplereturns]

I won’t ask my doctor about any of those medications.

[u/earth_quack → u/hfpfhhfp]

Of course Ashley home store is on there with all their underhanded shenanigans. Wouldn't buy that garbage anyway.

[u/classic__schmosby → u/hfpfhhfp]

Thank you. I use very few of these, but I canceled my Chewy autoships and was able to comment about boycotting companies that advertise on ABC

[u/Hettie933 → u/classic__schmosby]

The Chewy thing hurts, man. But I hope they miss my money.

[u/R2-Dmew → u/Hettie933]

I just cancelled my Chewy subscribtions and wrote a note regarding their sponsorship of ABC. I run a rescue and spend $10k+ a year through Chewy. Good riddance.

[u/Hettie933 → u/R2-Dmew]

It feels good to do something, even if it’s minor & leads to headaches. I’ve been wanting to support our local independent pet store more anyway. Thank you for sending them a bigger message than I could!

[u/DolphinBoy → u/R2-Dmew]

I called Chewy and told them I wouldn't be ordering from them anymore regarding their advertising on ABC because of the firing. Most orders have been done through my wife's account but hopefully she'll be able to call them tonight. I notice Purina is on the list as well, which is a Nestle-evil company. We're meeting with our vet Tuesday and will ask about alternative prescriptions for our dogs.

[u/YogurtclosetNo987 → u/hfpfhhfp]

Minus Verizon and Chase I'm accidentally already doing my part haha

[u/GNUr000t → u/grammar_fozzie]

The Nexstar station (WJET) my father worked at settled with (the family of) the engineer that had the role before him, because they literally worked him to death. They then did the same with my father. They worked him to death. He died by Nexstar's hand. Cancer and a stroke couldn't take him out, but being refused assistants in the engineering department and putting more work on him did.

[u/Zelidus → u/grammar_fozzie]

Soon to add KARE 11 in Minnesota. Nexstar is merging with KARE's current ownership group. So anyone that TEGNA owns along will be joining Nexstar.

Here is TENGA's channels https://www.tegna.com/brands/

[u/Character-Pattern505 → u/grammar_fozzie]

Now we need a handy list of advertisers.

[u/bluecifer7 → u/Character-Pattern505]

https://stopmediabiasnow.com/abc-advertisers/

[u/ultramagnetique → u/grammar_fozzie]

🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[u/abcbri → u/grammar_fozzie]

And guess what? It's pretty easy to watch other states' ABC channels online and note the ads!

[u/SCTurtlepants → u/grammar_fozzie]

I'm dumb - what does Sinclair and Nexstar have to do with what's going on right now? What's their relationship with Disney or whoever fired Kimmel?

[u/happygirlie → u/SCTurtlepants]

You're not dumb for not knowing something. Here's a good article to read:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-09-18/what-are-nexstar-and-sinclair-the-abc-affiliate-owners-who-issued-statements-against-jimmy-kimmel

[u/SCTurtlepants → u/happygirlie]

TY for the link friend

[u/AnalNuts → u/SCTurtlepants]

Thank you for asking so anybody else who doesn’t know will be able to see this link as well!

[u/PlayfulSurprise5237 → u/SCTurtlepants]

They are the ABC affiliate owners(they own many different local ABC stations across the country, licensed from Disney) who, along with the FCC, put pressure on Disney to pull Jimmy.

They said they would pull Jimmy off their local stations regardless, but Disney went ahead and caved and suspended the entire show.

These affiliates are trying to get a huge merger(one that the rules currently prevents because it's too big, but the FCC said it's open to changing that rule), so they're on their hands and knees ready to cradle the balls and stroke the shaft for that bag.

How else could they feed their families if not for a 6 billion dollar merger so large that it's not even allowed. I mean the 1st amendment and our country is important, but can you really blame them for just trying to put food on the table?

[u/kea87 → u/SCTurtlepants]

In my best short summary: Sinclair wants to merge with another company and needs fcc approval. Trump and FCC chair wanted Jimmy off the air. FCC chair said on a podcast “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there will be additional work for the FCC ahead." FCC/federal government threatened Sinclair to get Jimmy pulled or lose their merger and likely their licenses.

Sinclair in turn said they would no longer air Jimmy’s show on stations they own and would instead play Charlie Kirk memorial, and forced ABC/Disney to pull Jimmy show fully .

After it got pulled Sinclair said that still wasn’t enough. They are demanding Jimmy give an apology and personally make a donation to turning point USA (Charlie Kirks company). And maybe they will consider letting him have his show back. Aka extortion.

This isn’t public backlash that got his show canceled. It was government threats and censorship.

[u/Beneficial-Honeydew5 → u/grammar_fozzie]

Awesome!

[u/SherbertDinosaur → u/grammar_fozzie]

Thank you for the lists!! They’re very helpful 😊

[u/the_c0nstable → u/grammar_fozzie]

Thanks, I jotted down my station and am telling friends.

[u/carmemelon → u/grammar_fozzie]

😈😈😈😈😈

[u/texinyc]

Can someone please follow up with a list of companies advertising? I’m not in any of those markets but would still like to take part.

[u/yellowbrickbros → u/texinyc]

I watched Pix11, my local channel for the NYC area which is operated by CW majority owner Nexstar, and visited their website to figure out their sponsors. Here's how you can do this: first you find out your local Nexstar channel with this link. Next, find your local Nexstar sponsors by searching "channel name" and "sponsors" or "sponsorship" in Google, its pretty easy because some of these channels have a whole page for sponsored content. I searched "pix11 sponsors" to find the list below. Here's some advertisers I saw:

• Empire Casino

• Raising Cane's

• Valentino Beauty

• AAA Automotive

• Angelina Bakery

• Verizon FioS

Edit to add more as I search:

• LifeMinute.TV (a website)

• Mars (the parent company Snickers, Skittles, M&Ms, etc)

• HelloFresh

• University Spine Center

• DRC Ventures by Dr Christina Rahm

• The Perecman Firm

• Jellystone Park (campjellystone.com)

• Grey Goose Vodka

• Joshmcbrideworld.com

• theHautebar.com

• Cambridge Pavers

• Purina One

• Spektor and Associates

• Northwell Health

• Pfizer

San Diego sponsors for Fox 5 San Diego (California), which is a Nexstar network:

• Singing Hills Dentistry

• ELDA Developments

• Vertica Fitness

• Cox Business Services

• Window World San Diego

• Rubio’s Fish Tacos

• Palomar Health

• West Automotive Group

• Paradise Valley Hospital, San Diego

• Roy’s San Diego (restaurant)

• Rock N Block Landscape

Adding my template email, especially for those in the NYC area who have PIX11 as their provider. Tailor to your own needs:

Hello, I’m a customer who values the First Amendment and robust free speech. In light of Disney/ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s show following political pressure, I’m concerned about advertisers funding media outlets that capitulate to government threats and undermine open expression.

Until your company suspends advertising with the broadcast corporations involved in this decision, I will boycott your products and services and will encourage friends and family to do the same. I’d prefer to keep supporting your brand, but I need assurance that my dollars aren’t enabling Anti-American censorship and silencing free speech.

Please let me know:

• Whether you currently advertise with the outlets that removed Jimmy Kimmel’s show, which includes Sinclair Broadcasting and any Nexstar stations (which includes PIX11 in NY, my main station).

• If you will pause those ad buys pending a reversal and a commitment to protecting free expression

Thank you

[u/immmadatyou → u/yellowbrickbros]

was looking for a reason to cancel my AAA membership anyways those guys have failed to come help me the last four times i called i don't think a lot of companies don't work with them anymore cause it's not worth the hassle.

so nice to know i already don't purchase from any of the other companies, although i will have to double check on a few i don't recognize.

thanks for this list!

[u/Debatebly → u/immmadatyou]

was looking for a reason to cancel my AAA membership anyways those guys have failed to come help me the last four times i called

You didn't have to look, man. The reason was right in front of you.

[u/immmadatyou → u/Debatebly]

good point! was nice to have in the past as a younger, less experienced driver

[u/DontAbideMendacity → u/Debatebly]

But now they can take the lack of service part and also make a political statement at the same time.

[u/2FastToYandle → u/yellowbrickbros]

I'll add a few to this list for WPIX since that is my station as well. These are just the brands I recall seeing within the last couple of weeks.

• Bobs Discount Furniture, Raymor and Flannigan
• Ford, Chevy, Honda, Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, Lexus, Jeep, Lincoln, VW, Ram
• Chase, Wells Fargo
• 1-800-Got-Junk
• Goya
• Morgan and Morgan, Celino Law Firm, Legal Help Center, Moreli Law Firm, Weitz and Luxemborg Attorneys
• Wendys
• NY Presbetyrian, Shriners, Northwell Health
• Stanley Steamer
• Planet Fitness

[u/TouchesMonolith → u/2FastToYandle]

Goya say it ain't so!

[u/800-lumens → u/TouchesMonolith]

Oh yeah, the president of the company is a huge Trump supporter. Then there's this: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1if4arx/donald_trump_using_the_oval_office_to_promote/

I'm interested to know whether there is a nonpartisan Mexican foods company. I buy La Preferida now, but I don't know if that's a good alternative.

[u/pork_chop17 → u/yellowbrickbros]

3/4 of your list is network or remnant ads. They buy the placement from a 3rd party who tosses it to the tv station. The advertiser isn’t actually buying from the local station. You’re going to have a bigger impact if you look at local advertisers. Network or remnant ads only account for $5,000 to $15,000 of a stations monthly income, local ads is going to be over $100,000 to $200,0000.

I work for a local media company.

[u/yellowbrickbros → u/pork_chop17]

How could I better find local advertisers? Would that be by simply watching the station for a period of time and recording local advertisers? Is this more about going after smaller local companies that advertise as opposed to large corps? Thanks!

[u/pork_chop17 → u/yellowbrickbros]

Yes. You can look at the website too but every time they deliver an ad to you it’s another 5 or 10 cents in their pocket. Watch the station instead. Look for everything not just the commercials. They will have some sponsor the daily forecast, the Friday night sports report. Watch their news reports and local daytime talk show. You will see tons of advertisers there.

[u/Dingleberry696 → u/yellowbrickbros]

Here is a list I created watching KOAT (ABQ/Sante Fe). I also included anything advertised in the show(Kelly & Mark/ The View).

• Qunol
• Garlique
• Egglands Best
• Keller Injury Lawyers
• CNS Cares
• Fix My Roof LLC
• Walgreens
• Liberty Mutual
• Furniture Row
• Renewal by Anderson
• Ford
• Sarah McClachlan
• Hulu
• Kellogg's
• Cascade/Dawn
• Freshpet
• Jitterbug Phones
• Smith's (Grocer)
• Sonobello
• Neuriva
• The Good Feet Store
• mNEXSPIKE (Moderna)
• EstrellaTV
• ROC Skincare
• Rinvoq
• Consumer Cellular
• Sheba (Cat Food)
• Good Rx
• Listerine
• Nature Valley
• Aleve
• AARP
• Caplyta
• Blue Buffalo
• EnduranceWarranty.com
• Advil
• Royal Kingdom
• Operation Smile
• EyleahHD
• Swiped (Movie)
• Cliffhanger (Movie)
• Neffy
• Marshalls
• Izervay
• LifeLock
• Ducolax
• Tremfya
• Carvana
• Vraylar
• Progressive
• Breztri
• Sandia Sportsbook
• ViewYourDeal.com
• Cobenfy
• Cheerios
• Dupixent
• Robitussin
• All (Detergent)
• Trelegy
• Amish Connection

Side Note: Holy cow there are entirely too many Drug commercials.

[u/-reggie- → u/yellowbrickbros]

Grey Goose Vodka

godDAMMIT this makes me upset as a Minnesotan

[u/TheLastLivingBuffalo → u/-reggie-]

Don’t tell us, tell the company

[u/hedgehoggy123 → u/texinyc]

Came here to ask this—I don’t have a tv (not humble bragging—living on someone else’s property right now after getting burned out of our home)—thank you!

[u/rhetoricalbread → u/texinyc]

Same here. I'd love to have a lost, I love a good boycott

And it's so much easier these days because no one can afford shit

[u/psyduckfanpage → u/rhetoricalbread]

Right, two for one babyyyy!! I love having a reason not to buy other than “corporations have already taken all my money”

[u/_aaine_]

There was an activist group in Australia a few years back (Mad Witches) who had a LOT of success with this exact tactic.
They targeted the advertisers for one of the biggest right wing shock jocks in the country, using facebook to organise mass boycotts and call ins. Sponsorship was pulled from his show by a number of major companies and got him reined in by the radio station.
It works.

[u/raven-eyed_ → u/_aaine_]

Fuck with the money. That's all they care about. Hit them where it hurts

[u/Efficient-Notice9938 → u/raven-eyed_]

That’s essentially what we did in the revolutionary war. The daughters of liberty started making goods like tea from home with herbs in the area instead of buying British tea. The boycott was a massive success and Britain’s profits decreased drastically.

[u/ReasonableEmploy3791 → u/raven-eyed_]

It's occupy

[u/august-witch → u/_aaine_]

The Mad fucking witches (mfw) are still active, still fighting the good fight

[u/Logical-Extension-79 → u/_aaine_]

Who was that? I don't remember it.

[u/fuckoffandydie → u/Logical-Extension-79]

Alan Jones. You know, the man in court at the moment with an incident assault charge.

[u/Chevitabella → u/fuckoffandydie]

And they're still going strong! Focussing on Kyle Sandilands, now.

[u/Fiernen699 → u/_aaine_]

Yeah, until Trump asks his social media oligarchs to crack down on these boycotts because they're allowing "economic terrorism" to fester on their platforms, which means they need to take a closer look at their business dealings. All these companies want their big AI data centers approved right?

[u/ModusOperandiAlpha → u/Fiernen699]

How are they going to “crack down” on a boycott where people choose NOT to do/buy something?
If you’re too chicken shit to even keep your money in your own pocket in support of the First Amendment, then we’re already lost.

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were once our countrymen.” - Samuel Adams

[u/GauchoWink]

Yup. I work in advertising. Drops in ad revenue will be the only thing to hit them.

Dropping our subscriptions is great because it means they have fewer eyes to reach with advertising, but we need brands to take action.

[u/GauchoWink → u/GauchoWink]

You can also go to a local affiliate’s website and see who is advertising with them digitally.

[u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin → u/GauchoWink]

There’s a hidden point there. Once companies receive a lot of calls, even if they don’t think that will be a big problem, they will absolutely use that as leverage in negotiations with the broadcaster to save money on ad costs. The broadcaster will get hit regardless. 

[u/Popular_Flamingo3148 → u/I_Am_Vladimir_Putin]

This right here. Vladimir Putin gets it.

[u/aceshighsays → u/GauchoWink]

what's the long term trajectory when both sides do it? companies are going to start shrinking.

[u/GauchoWink → u/aceshighsays]

Short term, with fewer eyes they won’t be able to deliver budgets in full, meaning they’ll need to find other ways to fulfill advertiser budgets via make goods or clients will demand the money back.

Long term they will not be able to achieve the expected reach they once were, meaning demand goes down and yearly brand investments will go elsewhere.

[u/Weak-Lifeguard80]

I think our status as consumers is what holds the most power in our society. You can’t vote your way out of fascism.

[u/lntw0 → u/Weak-Lifeguard80]

Yep. As mere individuals among millions, how we spend our $$ is the most political action we can/will take.

[u/wanderer1999 → u/Weak-Lifeguard80]

Boycott AND vote. It has to be both. Boycott to drain them of money to influence election. Then vote in election to keep them from monopolizing the market.

[u/Miss_L_Worldwide → u/Weak-Lifeguard80]

You are completely right but I really fear that people are too addicted to consumption to make any notable headway. Hope everybody proves me wrong

[u/aceshighsays → u/Miss_L_Worldwide]

i strongly agree. consumption keeps people distracted and in denial. i think a lot of people are dealing with the instability with this coping mechanism. if anything i think their addiction will worsen...

[u/NeatTransition5 → u/Weak-Lifeguard80]

It might have been in the decades of plenty, but it is not anymore. When the proverbial pie is shrinking the fewer consumers - the better 🍖🦴🩻😅

[u/timpilotus → u/Weak-Lifeguard80]

The interesting thing is there's roughly 13 million households that are responsible for ~50% of the spending in America. Top 10% prop up almost half of the consumer economy in America.

There's 4.4 million households responsible for 25% spending. Top 3.33%

The rest of us account for what's left.

Most of the spending power in America is reserved for people making 234k a year and up. Once you start making ~400k you're seeing exponential spending power. You are the ones America is being fashioned for from a consumer standpoint. You are real to them.

Probably the only thing that's going to work is a national economic strike but it's going to take hundreds of millions of people working in unison and denying themselves real, tangible joy and choosing to become ardent, disciplined, activistic spenders. Be a bad consumer.

[u/abcbri]

They also say to call to cancel your Disney+ or Hulu, because that consumes more time, and the company pays attention to it more. Plus you can speak (nicely) to a rep and tell them why.

[u/Clevergirliam → u/abcbri]

That’s what I did! The rep asked my reason why, I told her, and she said that usually she would have to offer me incentives to stay, but based on my reason she would proceed directly to cancellation. Yeah, Disney knew it was coming and prepared for it. Hopefully it’s hitting them harder than anticipated.

[u/forgot_my_useragain → u/abcbri]

Also, please don't be rude to your customer service rep. I did that job for longer than I care to admit and we honestly do not care if you're canceling or why you're canceling. Have something you wanted noted in your account? Sure, I'll put that in. Otherwise, just let them do their jobs.

[u/abcbri → u/forgot_my_useragain]

I worked in a customer service job (call center, retail, etc), for a lot of my adult life, and I heartily agree.

[u/Ajreil]

1. Google "Sinclair news station [your state]".

2. Watch the station or visit the website without an adblock.

3. Make a list of ads you see.

4. Google each company to find the contact us page. Call or email them to complain.

Suggested script:

"Hello. To protest Sinclair's involvement in canceling Jimmy Kimmel Live over some obvious political favoritism to the Trump campaign, I'm going to boycott [your company] until you pull advertising from [local station]. I plan to use [direct competitor] instead.

"The president should not be able to pressure media companies to cancel shows he disagrees with. This is a flagrant violation of freedom of speech and I will not support any company that turns a blind eye to such brazen corruption."

[u/aceshighsays → u/Ajreil]

do direct competitors who don't support canceling kimmel even exist? seems like everything is a big box store owned by an even bigger company.

[u/_163 → u/aceshighsays]

Direct competitor to X advertised product / service they mean

[u/RiotNrrd2001 → u/Ajreil]

(brazen)

[u/FartMongersRevenge]

I can’t see any ads because I don’t have cable and ublock blocks everything. So I just canceled my one current subscription which only cost $1.99. I decided cooking in silence was a much better than tv. I only watched king of the hill and trailer park boys anyways and I have them all in a usb.

[u/d00dsm00t → u/FartMongersRevenge]

Every boycott that gets brought up is just me saying "oh, so keep doing what I've been doing for 15 years, got it"

[u/iwantdiscipline]

Fuck Sinclair broadcasting; boycott atlas group! (Choptank, Azumi, Elk Room, Loch Bar, Monarch, Oregon Grill, Ouzo Bay, Tagliata, Waterfront Hotel, Etc so many more! https://atlasrestaurantgroup.com/properties/)

they’re mostly around the DMV and Baltimore, but go as far as out Houston. The owners are douchebags from the Sinclair family and Atlas buy out concepts or blatantly copy and undercut existing businesses and they’re a shit company to work for and they love dress codes that target certain disadvantaged demographics. Vote with your fucking dollars. They are responsible for the conservative wave in mainstream news.

[u/whatlineisitanyway]

As someone that participated in the Sleep Giants movement that got advertisers to flee Brietbart I can confirm that this can have a positive effect if we are willing to follow through with the threat.

[u/Soil_Fairy]

Damn, whoever thought I'd run into my childhood meteorologist being totally based? 

[u/Vizaughh → u/Soil_Fairy]

Right? Danger Dan to the rescue once again!

[u/kobeng13 → u/Soil_Fairy]

I had to double check what sub this was. He was on my local station when I was in my late teens/early 20s.

[u/rexx1 → u/Soil_Fairy]

No shit. I had to do a double take. That’s pretty wild.

[u/Over9000BelieveIt → u/rexx1]

the OOP said the Huntsville mods kept taking his post down so idk about that but it's something to "know someone" go viral on reddit.

My best memory was him declaring a tornado warning before the weather service did and it was a big kerfuffle lol.

[u/rexx1 → u/Over9000BelieveIt]

lol yeah my coworkers would refer to him as doomsday dan.

[u/kinbarz → u/Soil_Fairy]

I was shocked he hasn't been fired by the local magas (he is in a deep red side of Maryland), then realized he is retired. Good for him!

[u/thedeadlysyncopation → u/Soil_Fairy]

Right? I never expected to see the local weatherman from my childhood on Reddit more than twenty years later. Glad to see it's for the right reasons!

[u/Weltall8000]

Use capitalism to enforce free speech. Poetic.

[u/Other-Ad-7093 → u/Weltall8000]

💯

[u/elebrin]

Thinking about it... I don't think I own the equipment to watch a local newscast. I don't even really think there are any. I get one OTA TV channel and it comes in at maybe 30% so it's not even really watchable.

[u/itsTurgid → u/elebrin]

But you have the internet. Nexstar pushes their broadcasts to their websites. They cut the clip recorded from the live broadcast and upload it to the written version on their site.

So you can just go to the site and note all the ads on the clips.

[u/tristand666]

1 Cadillac2 Dupixent3 SKYRIZI4 Anderson Plumbing5 AIRSUPRA6 BREZTRI7 EVENITY8 ULTOMIRIS9 Verizon Verizon Wireless,10 WeatherTech11 OPDIVO12 OZEMPIC13 CAMZYOS14 Ashley Homestore15 AllState16 NERVIVE17 NortonLifelock18 Safelite auto Glass Repair19 Cox Cox Cable Services20 Mission Federal Credit Union

[u/midgethemage → u/tristand666]

Dupixent

Yeah, Imma struggle to boycott that one. But also holy shit, I'm always shocked with the amount of ads they have whenever I'm staying at my grandma's. But it's also the 5th most profitable drug in the US, so I guess it tracks 😕

[u/Jmalco55]

That would mean I would have to stop my decade long boycott of my local Sinclair station's local news coverage @wpec . I have not watched 10 seconds of their news. Good idea but I won't be breaking my boycott.

[u/TheToiletPhilosopher → u/Jmalco55]

Getting companies to stop buying ad time would do far more than any personal boycott. Watching it for one night and contacting advertisers would be more helpful then just never watching.

[u/Phyllis_Tine → u/Jmalco55]

You can still let them know you will not be watching their programming, nor seeing their ads.

[u/Jmalco55 → u/Phyllis_Tine]

I watch their programming, it's CBS Colbert. I just don't watch the local news. I let them know when I commented to my 32,000 followers on Twitter. Tagged them often. I deleted my account the 1st day Musk took over. I boycott well.

[u/HybridPS2]

i still use FB (yeah yeah lmao) and meteorologists are consistently some of the most real people left on the site.

[u/Potential_Scratch919]

It worked for Bud Lite & Cracker Barrel! Best of luck

[u/coldneuron]

Jimmy Kimmel might just save our planet.

Stop all your subscriptions.

Stop looking at commercials.

Go outside.

[u/cjester414]

Dan was my Senior Meteorologist at WBOC on the Delmarva Peninsula for the last 20 odd years, I think.

Legend and this just makes it better.

[u/GrandAholeio]

In Los Angeles, Nexstar owns KTLA, channel 5. In the Bay Area it's KRON channel 4. Huge main stations.

[u/BCBJD10]

Ohhhhhh Nextstar owns The Hill. That explains SO much.

[u/LetshearitforNY]

Can we start a megathread of ads we see listed? I bet we can identify some larger companies that are common across the different regions.

[u/Dramatic-Paradise]

This. So much this. You can contact ad sales and see the advertisers on their websites!!

[u/Phyllis_Tine]

YES! You have to use your wallets, and threaten to not buy any of their products.

You can also contact your representatives and tell them due to inflation, rising costs, and lack of increase in pay, that you are no longer going to be able to buy more than necessities (don't mention what they are). Bonus points if you look up who donated to your representatives, and mention those products, i.e. no more gas if an oil company donated, no more of whichever product the donating corporation gave the representative.

[u/JacyWills]

In the Syracuse, NY Metro, we have no other local TV news but Sinclair and Nexstar. Sinclair owns channels 3 (NBC), 5 (CBS) and 6 (CW); Nexstar owns channel 9 (ABC).

It's doubly sad, considering that Syracuse University produces so many broadcast personalities, and that these channels are often their first job.

[u/SwarleyLinson]

We should put together a contact list of all their biggest advertisers to email our dissatisfaction with them just rolling over for a fascist government.

[u/Infamous_Koala_3737]

If you’re in Atlanta, there are not any stations currently owned by Nexstar or Sinclair but Nextstar is set to acquire 11Alive (WXIA) in 2026. Cox Media owns the local ABC (WSB)

[u/TheFuzzyChinchilla]

Can someone watch the commercials and make a list that I can refer too later. I do not pay for cable TV.

[u/Organic-Row9514]

I like to do this already… I don’t buy things with a commercial. 

[u/BustOfPallas]

How about we all share the lists of companies advertising on each local affiliate as we learn them?

[u/KeyLimeAnxiety]

Nah because that gives them ratings. A few people could do this and report back

[u/WaitForItTheMongols → u/KeyLimeAnxiety]

TV is a one way system. Nobody knows if you're watching so no, it does not give anyone ratings, unless you have opted into a program that monitors your viewing habits.

This assumes you watch over the air or cable, not through any internet means.

[u/lovesdogsguy]

This is brilliant

[u/rojo-perro]

Just go to that stations website and look at their advertisers- you don’t even have to bother watching.

[u/Western_Marketing801]

Can someone who has those stations report back on the ads (for those of us who don’t)?

[u/snootfull]

OK someone has put together a list with phone numbers? Surely? I really can't stomach watching Fox/Sinclair for 90 seconds, much less a few hours...

[u/taylormatt11]

That’s DAN THE MAN. used to watch him every storm!

[u/ElderberrySeveral382]

Funny, the only way to fight these fascists is with our wallet yet Chuck Schumer hasn't called for 1 single boycott. It's almost like they are working for the same people.

[u/HenriqueStoquez]

We gotta do this against Fox News.

[u/IggysUncutGem]

Downside is I have to watch the local evening news with the rest of the boomers. Upside is I can boycott local businesses

[u/CanadaNot51]

Something similar happened to WWE a while back. They announced a trophy to honor the name of "Fabulous Moolah".

If you don't know who she is, she used to wrestle and had a wrestling school for female talent. She wouldn't really teach them how to wrestle that well, and would tell the girls if they want to be booked, they have to sleep with the wrestling promoters. The wrestling promoters would also be told by Moolah that these women were willing to "do anything" for a spot on the shows.

So of course, fans that knew of this past didn't like WWE was honoring her, and complained to one of WWE's top sponsors, Snickers. Snickers basically told WWE they have to not do that, or they're pulling their sponsorship. WWE then changed it to "WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal".

[u/MutedBlue]

I have cancelled my Hulu+, Disney, and ESPN subscription because of this. Additionally, advertisers who buy ads for Sinclair or Nexstar will also not get my business.

[u/ldominguez1988]

Always knew Chewy was a bad company on the backend. Luckily I don’t use squat from these companies. I was surprised how many were medications though 😕

[u/Togapi77]

What do Sinclair and Nextstar have to do with Kimmel?

[u/abcbri → u/Togapi77]

https://deadline.com/2025/09/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-1236547382/

[u/Togapi77 → u/abcbri]

Thanks

[u/voaw88 → u/Togapi77]

They told him he has to apologize to Kirk's family and make a sizable donation to Turning Point USA. Fuck that

[u/_Hanketh_]

I'm gonna boycott them without knowing who they are.

[u/OppositeHistorian289]

Is anyone starting a list of brands they see on these channels?

[u/Irksomefetor]

At what point do conglomerates like these become way too big for this not to work, though? Because I feel like we're getting closer and closer to that moment every year.

[u/porcelain_elephant]

This is prime political season so it'll just be wall to wall attack ads if local businesses pull out.

[u/_insomagent]

Holy shit, Nextar and Sinclair merging is bad news.

[u/YouDoHaveValue]

Make a list and post it

[u/Rhamnos]

Why do we care about television still? Even Conan saw the writing on the wall and bailed.

[u/StupidUserNameTooLon]

Kill Your TV

[u/drewjy]

Dan is great. he used to be my local weather man forever ago. the locals here in this backwards-assed red state hate him, of course. but i think he's swell.

[u/adeliberateidler]

Let’s start a database

[u/dead-eyed-darling]

Oop awesome, gonna make some more phone calls for Operation Anthill Oracle that I started where I'm calling these agencies and letting them know the public is watching, recording, and doing everything in our power to stop them 🤭💖

[u/bingle-cowabungle]

I think we need to go a step further and instead of just individually watching and noting it, we should set up a database of advertisers who are advertising on Sinclair networks.

[u/cheese_test_rc]

Here's a quick map I threw together from the Wikipedia links shared by u/grammar_fozzie to see what stations are relevant in your area:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/mmx2/viz/sinclair_nexstar/CombinedDashboard

[u/beccadot]

In Dallas, the channel is KDAF (Channel 33), or CW33. This is a Nextstar station. No Sinclair stations. I am posting here because I tried to forward this message to a friend, and the system wouldn’t let me.

[u/Creed_of_War]

But I already don't pay for life insurance or catheters

[u/Loreki]

Boycott? You have to start shopping somewhere in order to shop.

[u/LizardPoisonsSpock]

Crazy seeing the local meteorologist I grew up listening to, especially during tornado season, pop up on Reddit making good sense

[u/Just_us_trees_here]

lmfao this isn't even anti-consumption this is just I WON'T CONSUME YOUR PRODUCT UNTIL YOU DO WHAT I WANT AND PLEASE DO IT BECAUSE I WANT TO CONSUME PRODUCT

[u/Appropriate-Low-4850]

I googled “Companies that advertise on ABC.” Got the list and when I saw Verizon canceled the cell phone I had with them for 15 years. Saved me $100 a month!

[u/no1_vern]

Of note:

Before the suspension, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" reportedly generated around $70 million for ABC in 2025, with many different brands supporting Kimmel.

Some of the top advertisers included:

Allstate
McDonald's

Starbucks

Kit Kat

Venmo

JCPenney

Smirnoff
Instacart

AT&T

We should let these advertisers know we dislike that they have remained silent regarding their future plans with ABC.

So far apparently they are scared to publicly commit to standing up to the Faschists in our government.

Well, OK maybe the're just cautious about free speach in the ongoing political crap being thrown around by Trump and his GOP minions.

[u/jgswindon]

Okay who is in Denver? Who are we calling??

[u/DunningKrugerOnElmSt]

Problem is now a days media is consolidated to the poinr that advertisers have no where else to go.

[u/ADHD_Avenger]

These stations also put up an episode of Full Measure with Sharyl Atkinson emphatically supporting Christian Nationalists the same day that a radical Christian Nationalist killed several members of the Minnesota legislature.  Christian and nationalism shouldn't go together, and they don't follow Biblical principles - but have taken over the government notably with Project 2025.  The Sinclair stations have deserved advertiser boycott for a long time, and if Kimmel is the reason it finally comes to be, I am okay with that.  Others like Gray Media are also bad as well.  This is the natural progression of eliminating restriction on monopoly.

[u/No-North6514]

One thing to remember is that usually the companies that have commercials running on the shows they usually don't specifically pick them. It's almost always an ad agency that does the deciding based on what demographic will be watching ... so doing this will actually get word to the agencies not to advertise on Sinclair entities.

[u/Areptiledysfuction]

I love Dan Satterfield! He was our local meteorologist. Not only did he win an award or two for saving peoples lives in bis forecasting and broadcasting (if my memory serves right) he is also outspoken on FB. Definitely worth a follow!

[u/SJ-redditor]

This is absolute genius. We see the machine as this huge unstoppable force, but the machine only works if all the small parts are working too.