List of ABC Advertisers with Contact Info

Ok, everyone knows by now about ABC's propaganda piece, "The Path to 9/11" to run on Monday the 11th, on the 5th anniversary of 9/11.  Of course, we should be outraged.  And as another diarist noted, this is about a network using the PUBLIC AIRWAVES to spread outright right wing propaganda.

So, as I said in one of the threads, networks understand two languages: ratings, and money.  I am going to deal with the money part here.  Here is a list of companies that advertise on ABC.  I compiled this list from watching ABC over several hours and noting down the names of their advertisers, then googling for their websites and contact info.

Now, yes, it's true that ABC is running the propaganda piece free of advertisements.  But we need to make clear that it is NOT ok for advertisers to support this network at all - not during the airing of the propaganda piece and not ever.  If ABC runs this piece, the advertisers should abandon ABC, period.

This is an advertiser list.  For an extensive list of companies involved with the film and Disney's major shareholders, see highacidity's diary.

My list is undoubtedly partial, but this is the best I could do.  Not everyone will contact every advertiser here, so if you have to pick and choose, I suggest you use the following criteria:

1. Call the ones you do business with first.
2. Call companies that you have considered doing business with.
3. If you find a hometown company, call them.

Some pointers on the calls:

1. Be polite.
2. No need to threaten them.  Just politely but strongly register your objection and your demand that they pull their support of ABC.

Ok, that's it.  Now here is the list.  Have at it.

Aloha Airlines
http://www.alohaairlines.com/
Mailing Address:
Aloha Airlines Customer Relations
P.O. Box 30028
Honolulu, Hawaii 96820
Telephone support: 888-771-2855 (or) 808-539-5994
Fax support: 808-539-5999

Sears
http://www.sears.com
Mailing:
Sears National Customer Relations
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
Customer Service #: 1-800-349-4358

Mr. Clean and Swiffer
Divisions of Home Made Simple
Email Form

Charles Schwab
http://www.schwab.com/
866-855-9102
Charles Schwab Bank, N.A.
5190 Neil Road, Suite 100
Reno, NV  89502-8532

Kellogg's
Email Page
Consumer Affairs Number: 800-962-1413

Chase Rewards Card
Email Page
Phone: [phone]

AAA

Go to http://www.aaa.com and enter your zipcode to find your state/local numbers

Bounty
A division of Proctor & Gamble
Email page

Symantec
World HQ (Cupertino, CA) #: 1-408-517-8000

Subway
http://www.subway.com
Subway Franchise Headquarters
325 Bic Drive
Milford, CT 06460 USA
Tel.[phone]
Customer Service Form

Mitshubishi
http://www.mitsubishicars.com/...
1-888-MITSU2005
1-866-876-3018

T-Mobile
http://www.t-mobile.com/
1-800-937-8997

Mazda
http://www.mazdausa.com/
1-800-222-5500

CitiGroup
http://www.citigroup.com/
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
U.S.A.
800-285-3000

Claritin
http://www.claritin.com
1-800-CLARITIN
Email Form

Jell-O
Product of Kraft Foods
Email form
Choose your age and "General Comment about Kraft" as the "subject"

Home Depot
http://www.homedepot.com
1-800-553-3199

Red Lobster
http://www.redlobster.com
Corporate HQ:
5900 Lake Ellenor Drive
Orlando, FL 32809
[phone]

Hyundai Motor America
http://www.hyundaiusa.com
800-633-5151
HQ: 714-965-3000

CashCall
A Division of First Bank & Trust
1-877-289-0685
Customer Service: 1-877-525-2274

Comcast
http://www.comcast.com
1-800-COMCAST
Email form

Aflac
http://www.aflac.com/...
Media Relations: 1-706-243-8004
Customer Service: 1-800-992-3522
Admin Service: 1-877-353-9487

Nissan
http://www.nissanusa.com
(800) NISSAN-1 (or 800-647-7261)
Email form - http://www.nissanusa.com/... (start with the topic "general question")

Carl's Junior
[phone]
Email form

•  As the owner of a Mazda Millenia,...

  ...I called the company (before others on the list) and stated my disgust.  Thank you for providing this list.

  by boran2 on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:27:48 AM PDT

  •  Thanks for calling!

    by deaniac83 on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:39:24 AM PDT

    •  Thanks deniac!

      by highacidity on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:55:06 AM PDT

      •  Damn button...

        ... I just posted a link to your diary too. Thanks for the work, I know how that goes...

        by highacidity on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:55:48 AM PDT

        •  Thank you!

          I appreciate that. :)

          I still can't believe ABC is going to be running this pure propaganda piece.  UGHHHHH!  I am so piping mad.  The least we can do is make sure there will be consequences.

          by deaniac83 on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:46:29 AM PDT

  •  I've been contacted by an AAA spokesman

    who says that the information about them is incorrect: AAA says that they do not do national advertising on ABC, or national advertising at all for that matter.

    by Hunter on Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 02:26:19 PM PDT

    •  Well, their local affiliates must, then

      Do they mean to say that no one has ever seen an ad that ends with "Tripple-A, and on you go."?

      by deaniac83 on Fri Sep 08, 2006 at 03:14:41 PM PDT

•  thanks for this diary - recommended

  you put a lot of effort into compiling this list - if any of these advertizers have decided to buy spots during the airing of the docuganda special they should know that there will be consequenses.

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  peace
  
  

  by peace voter on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:29:59 AM PDT

  •  advertising

    ABC announced in the last day or two they will be airing the show advertisement free.  I think this is to stop the boycott of advertisers.  

    I don't think they believe people will dig further.  There is a great list of contacts on the reccomend list that gives ABC boardmember contact info, as well as other investor relations contacts.

    Hit them where they pay attention:  There wallet.

    by brighton on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:35:14 AM PDT

    •  Nothing wrong with doing this too...

      Pressure from all sides is good :-)

      by highacidity on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:57:10 AM PDT

    •  I just read that

      Thanks - In dbnkr's diary, I learned that there would be no commercial interruptions.   (I think I read it there - but I've read several diaries on this since posting my comment.)

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      peace
      
      

      by peace voter on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:03:07 AM PDT

    •  Doesn't really matter

      who their advertisers are.  If they air this filth and  appease KKKarl Rove, I will never turn on ABC again...and I will never buy another Disney DVD...and I have 2 kids under 5 years old!  They're the perfect age for Disney films...

      They'll lose a lot of money from me, that's for certain.

      by Shaking the Tree on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 01:30:51 PM PDT

      •  You need to tell them about every penny.

        Every cent they're losing, and that any of their related companies are losing as a result of their support for this schlock.

        by Lashe on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 09:43:24 AM PDT

        •  Correction - not schlock.

          "Schlock" is too mild a term for this thing.

          Bullshit.
          Crap.
          Pack of lies.
          A free 6-hour prime-time commercial for the Republican party.
          Defamation.

          I can't think of any one term that really covers it.

          by Lashe on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 09:45:56 AM PDT

•  funny thing about that list

  Many are companies that I refuse to do business with already:

  Citigroup
  Home Depot
  Chase
  Sears

  All giant companies with poor business practices.

  Though I'm a big fan of AAA and Symantec

  by brighton on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:32:33 AM PDT

  •  Yeah, most are big Republican companies

    aren't they?

    They'll probably support ABC because of this pathetic piece of GOP propaganda.  

    I'll still contact them, though...

    by diana04 on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:52:49 AM PDT

    •  Citigroup

      is owned by the Saudi's, isn't it?  Well, I'd learned that somewhere about a year back, cuz I remember paying off my ccard and cancelling it.  I felt like a huge layer of scum was removed from me after having done that!

      by Shaking the Tree on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 01:32:41 PM PDT

  •  Entirely off-topic suggestion

    You'd be better off ditching Symantec — and assumably Microsoft — altogether.  All you'd need to do is buy a Mac. :)  Bonus: you'd be supporting a 100% blue company in the process.

    by lander on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 06:49:21 PM PDT

•  GREAT WORK

  call call call

  by seesdifferent on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:32:53 AM PDT

•  i heard

  I thought i heard they were running this with no commercals?

  by JOEL1954 on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:34:01 AM PDT

  •  They are

    my idea is that we should tell advertisers to pull out of ABC altogether if they run this propaganda piece.

    by deaniac83 on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 09:36:27 AM PDT

    •  I'm glad Grey's ended so badly last year

      Or turning them off might be painful.

      by nightsweat on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:10:39 AM PDT

      •  I'm gonna miss

        Extreme Makeover:  Home Edition.  It's the only one of those "Extreme" shows that I like.

        Thing is, Ty Pennington is not more important to me than my Country and the Truth.  Too bad for ABC...they lost me.

        I wrote to them and told them as much as well.  It felt really good.  I also plan on emailing my friends and family the very letter I emailed.  I should be having some interesting conversations in the near future!  ;-)

        by Shaking the Tree on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 01:35:30 PM PDT

    •  Wrong -- Bush is the commercial n/t

      by maybeeso in michigan on Sat Sep 09, 2006 at 07:20:48 PM PDT

•  Just what I was looking for!

  Thanks!

  by Fruitcake on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:18:20 AM PDT

•  subway said

  they buy advertising months in advance and have no control over where their commercials are placed..hmmmm...why not tell ABC they will pull them from that 6 hours of broadcasting.....?

  by fireflynw on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:20:08 AM PDT

•  Done.

  Done, done, done, done, done and done.  

  Thanks for the good links and numbers.

  by Anglico on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:21:16 AM PDT

•  Target the Financial Services firms

  Their products are commodities and they are much more sensitive to competition.

  Remember that Citigroup includes Salomon Smith Barney and that Chase includes JP Morgan.

  Threatening to pull a brokerage account or move a checking account will have a big impact.

  by ManhattanMan on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 10:46:08 AM PDT

•  watch out Citibank and T-mobile n/t

  by DrReason on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 11:11:23 AM PDT

•  a better Sears number...

  800-549-4505 National Customer Service

  by annefrank on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 01:59:11 PM PDT

  •  the sears.com # above refers to this # n/t

    by rerutled on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 05:46:16 PM PDT

•  Nissan Letter!

  Every single word of this is true!

  I'm the proud owner of a 1998 Altima.  It's got nearly 150K miles on it, and the day is quickly approaching when I will need a new car.

  I had always envisioned buying another Nissan.  I really like the Altima's and Maxima's new body, and I assumed I'd be buying one or the other.

  A few weeks ago I went to Star Nissan in Illinois.  I met with a salesman, H---- Seyton (847 647 ----) and he showed me a few of the Altima models and options.  There was a specific color of grey that I was very interested in.  I was going to go over my finances, and I was looking forward to seeing if we could 'work out a deal'.

  I hope you take me seriously here:  If ABC runs it's right wing propaganda, "The Path to 9/11", and if Nissan does not sever advertising relationships with ABC, then I promise I will never buy a Nissan again.

  Call H----- Seyton...he's a great guy studying at Northwestern University.

  Ask him if I was going to buy an Altima.

  Then, after "The Path to 9/11" airs, and Nissan does not sever ties with ABC, call him again.

  Ask him if I've bought a car from him.

  Thank you for your time.

  I hope you see the serious nature of being involved in partisan politics.

  Thank You

  by Alter Ego Manifesto on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 04:48:56 PM PDT

•  FYI, KMart and Sears are the same company

  Just an FYI, that Sears wholly owns KMart, so feel free to contact KMart as well.

  by Robert M on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 05:35:47 PM PDT

•  Done and done.

  Wrote everyone.

  by RenaRF on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 05:54:39 PM PDT

•  Well done, deaniac83.

  Corporations are motivated by--and exist only for making--money.  Hell, let's threaten all of these advertisers with boycotts.

  (Personal soapbox, off topic.  Even corporations don't fully UNDERSTAND money.  Doug Casey, the financial analyst and writer, says it best, when he notes that the U.S. dollar "is the unbacked promise of a bankrupt nation.")

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  by PrairieCorrespondent on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 06:40:22 PM PDT

•  I like their products, but I love my Country more

  I wrote, Jello, Subway, Kraft, Swifter, Kellogg, all the products that have been in my grandmother's, my mother's, my and my daughter's home for years.  I told them that they have been staples in our pantries down thru the generations.  That I would miss them, that I love their products, but I love my country more.

  Thanks for doing this for us deaniac, thank you everyone for caring enough about our country to take the time to write.

  by momoaizo on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 07:34:03 PM PDT

•  Note sent to comcast with identifying information

  I am a subscriber to your cable, internet and local phone service.  There are alternatives available and if you do not convince ABC not to run "The Path to 9/11" I will seriously consider the alternatives.   This is a piece of right wing lies intended to smear good people and exonerate the Bush administrations failures.  It is an attempt to re-write history and I will take action against advertisers who support this travesty.

  by msobel on Wed Sep 06, 2006 at 08:46:15 PM PDT

  •  i am already deserting them. bad service.

    by stodghie on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:20:23 AM PDT

•  i am working my way through them.

  it will probably take the day. i work from the house and have an ill relative. i emailed others about it also. so there, you liars!

  by stodghie on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 08:19:50 AM PDT

•  My message to Sears:

  Re: Your advertising on ABC

  As a major advertiser on ABC, I hope you will use what power you have to encourage ABC to NOT run the pack of lies they call "Path to 9/11". They are presenting as truth completely fictional scenes that bear no resemblance whatsoever to actual events. They claim it is based on the 9/11 Commission Report, but much of what they have in their "show" runs counter to the facts in the report.

  The actual events of 9/11, and their causes, are fairly well known. This "movie" attempts to muddle fact with slanderous fiction. It mocks the truth and dishonors the memory of 9/11 victims to serve a cheap, callous political agenda.

  I have been shopping at Sears with my mother and Grandmother since I was a small child.

  In fact, having just bought a house, my SO and I are in the market for a new, upscale fridge, as well as a chest freezer. Sears carries some excellent products at reasonable prices, and has been at the top of the list as the place we will purchase these items.

  If you are still advertising on ABC and they have aired their pack of lies about 9/11, Sears will no longer be at the top of our list - in fact, we will no longer be shopping at Sears.

  Remember, we're new homeowners. Never owned a house before. We need things like a ladder, a lawnmower, yard tools, appliances, etc. - none of which will be purchased at Sears if you continue supporting ABC with your advertising dollars during and after their "presentation" of this farce.

  A once-happy Sears customer,
  [me]

  Whoa, just added up how much we might have spent there - easily more than 5k in the next year alone, just on household stuff.

  Actually, Sears has been annoying us the last couple years, and we'd been thinking we might just pay the extra $10-50 and buy the frezer from a local chain. But we have been running price comparisons with Sears, and with the right sale, we might have purchased there. Not likely to happen now, unless they pull their advertising from ABC.

  by Lashe on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:09:11 AM PDT

  •  Almost the same thing to Home Depot.

    Wow, as a new homeowner, I feel like I actually have some power here. We have things we NEED to buy, and these companies know how much that's worth to them.

    by Lashe on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:16:39 AM PDT

•  This is fantastic

  Thanks to everyone who made a call or wrote an email.  Thank you for voting with your wallet.  The networks need to learn that the public airwaves are not their place to run propaganda.  And the advertisers need to learn that their consumers are also citizens who care about their country.

  Keep it up!

  by deaniac83 on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:22:33 AM PDT

•  Include how much you WON'T be spending with them

  (cross posted from Path to 9/11 - Big List of Action Contacts with Updates)

  -only where true, of course!

  Include information such as:

  • "We recently bought our first home and need to purchase (lawn mower, appliances, grill, etc.). If you continue to support this dreck, none of those purchases will be made from any of your stores." (Note: my own situation.)
  • We're planning a remodel of our (kitchen, bathroom, garage, etc.) and will be needing (cabinets, flooring, counters, sinks, appliances, roofing materials, etc.) If you continue to support this dreck, none of those purchases will be made from any of your stores."
  • "We're expecting our (first, second, etc.) child and will be purchasing (layette, crib, other furniture, strollers, clothes, etc.) in the very near future. If you continue to support this dreck, none of those purchases will be made from any of your stores."
  • "We're expecting a new grandchild and will be purchasing (lots of gifts) in the very near future. If you continue to support this dreck, none of those purchases will be made from any of your stores."
  • "We're planning a family vacation and our (daughter, son, etc.) has been begging us to go to Disney(land/world). As a result of your sponsorship of this pack of lies, Disney is no longer on our list of possible vacation destinations."
  • "I have owned a (car) for X years and always planned to continue buying X brand. I'm currently looking at new (car) and was arranging financing when your support of ABC's "Path to 9/11" was brought to my attention. Due to your support of ABC, I will no longer be purchasing a (car), and will instead be looking at (competitor's car)." (Saw a post in another diary here where someone sent a letter like this to Nissan, I believe.)

  Let them know EXACTLY how much your displeasure will cost them. Eventually they'll start adding up all those $5, $50, $500, $5,000 purchases that won't be made- and they're going to see some big numbers - all money going away from them, and in many cases, to their competitors.

  Make it hurt.

  by Lashe on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:35:51 AM PDT

•  Thanks for that...

  I'm going to email every goddamn one of them and tell them if they don't pull their advertising from ABC I will never use their goods or services again and I will forever tell everyone I meet that they support right-wing Republican propaganda and pervert the democratic process.

  by Eirik Raude on Thu Sep 07, 2006 at 10:03:36 PM PDT