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From: Emma Pullman, SumOfUs.org [mailto:us@xxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 5:24 AM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: re: Trump News
Miriam,
Breitbart's advertisers are dropping like flies. In the last 24 hours alone,
three corporations and three universities agreed to drop the extreme far
right website thanks to our pressure. This is massive news -- and momentum
is building fast.
Our campaign is working and gaining traction. This is the perfect moment to
double down on Amazon and convince it that Breitbart's brand of bigotry is
bad for business. Will you add your name to our 168,000+ person petition
now?
Sign <https://act.sumofus.org/go/351759?t=1&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP> the
petition to Amazon now: end your relationship with Breitbart!
SumOfUs pressure in Germany just convinced Lufthansa Airlines to release a
statement saying it was severing its relationship with Breitbart because of
is "violent, sexist, extremist and radical political content". And
yesterday, a spokesperson from the University of British Columbia in Canada
said, "It's regrettable" and that they "have spoken to the ad agency. We are
concerned about being respectful and tolerant."
Already 750 corporations, universities and organizations have said "no" to
Breitbart and have refused to consent to its hateful rhetoric. Let's make
sure Amazon joins them.
Tell <https://act.sumofus.org/go/351759?t=2&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
Amazon: stop endorsing hate. End your relationship with Breitbart now.
Thanks for all you do,
Emma and the team
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Check out some coverage from the last few days:
'It's <http://act.sumofus.org/go/351748?t=3&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
regrettable': UBC, McGill pull advertisements from Breitbart website, CBC
News, January 27 2017.
Canadian <http://act.sumofus.org/go/351749?t=4&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
universities pull ads from hard-right news outlet Breitbart, Globe and Mail,
January 27 2017.
Media <http://act.sumofus.org/go/351750?t=5&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
release from Lufthansa Airlines about Breitbart, January 18 2017.
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Original Email:
In days, over 200 corporations including BMW, T-Mobile and Kelloggs have
pulled ads from "Trump News", AKA Breitbart News.
Right now, pressure is building on Amazon to stop investing in hate, and a
massive global outcry can force it to act now.
Tell Amazon: stop investing in hate.
Sign <https://act.sumofus.org/go/351759?t=6&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP> the
petition
Miriam,
Breitbart News, the extreme far right news website that helped elect Donald
Trump, is trying to fast-track a global expansion starting with France and
Germany in time for key elections in early 2017.
But Breitbart can only go ahead with its global expansion if it has the
money to do so.
Here's where we come in: people power has already forced 200 corporations
including BMW, Deutsche Telekom (that owns T-Mobile) and Kelloggs to drop
Breitbart - and now, we are going to force Amazon to follow suit.
Amazon is receiving loads of online pressure already -- and if we add our
voices from across the planet now, we can make sure it can't ignore us
anymore.
Tell <https://act.sumofus.org/go/351759?t=7&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
Amazon: stop investing in hate. Pull your advertising from Breitbart now.
Breitbart spits the most hateful stuff you've ever heard - everything from
attacks on LGBTQ+ folks to claiming that contraception makes women "sluts".
Breitbart's hatred and vitriol may even directly violate Amazon's own
principles around acceptable advertising. Amazon's own policy states: it
will not tolerate "[c]ontent that is threatening, abusive, harassing,
hateful, or that incites violence or intolerance, or that advocates or
discriminates against a protected group, whether based on race, color,
national origin, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
age or other category."
A powerful grassroots campaign is gaining traction through social media
pushing companies to pull advertising from Breitbart. And it's working.
Already over 200 corporations have pulled out of Breitbart, and the list is
growing by the day. Together, we can add Amazon to that list.
SumOfUs members are fighting hatred and discrimination worldwide. With
massive public pressure, we're going to force corporations to take
responsibility for how they advertise, and will keep up our fight to stop
Breitbart's global expansion.
Let's come together to make Amazon stop advertising with Breitbart, and show
the world that people power trumps hate.
Join <https://act.sumofus.org/go/351759?t=8&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP> us in
demanding Amazon pull its advertising from Breitbart.
Thanks for all that you do,
Emma and the rest of the SumOfUs team
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More information:
Breitbart <http://act.sumofus.org/go/351135?t=9&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
News prompts more advertisers, including BMW and T-Mobile parent, to yank
ads, LA Times, 7 December 2016
Sleeping <https://act.sumofus.org/go/351262?t=10&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
Giants Twitter account, Accessed 12 December 2016.
Amazon <https://act.sumofus.org/go/351181?t=11&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
Advertising, Creative Acceptance Policy, Accessed 12 December 12 2016.
Steve <https://act.sumofus.org/go/350788?t=12&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
Bannon: appointment of 'white nationalist' must be reversed, critics
declare, The Guardian, 15 November 2016
Breitbart <http://act.sumofus.org/go/351131?t=13&akid=27094.144859.6W_CqP>
News pushes deeper into Europe, The Economist, 10 December 2016.
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