Dirty Dozen (UPDATE.)

I blogged about Bill O'Reilly's ambush tactics yesterday, and ThinkProgress.org's campaign to hold his Dirty Dozen enabling corporate advertiser's feet to the fire.

Here's an update from ThinkProgress editor Faiz Shakir: 

Hi, I wanted to update you on our Stop The O'Reilly Harassment Machine campaign.

After day 1 of our campaign, we had over 3,000 people take action against O'Reilly's corporate advertisers. Yesterday, we doubled that number. Well over 6,000 concerned citizens have taken action, urging O'Reilly's sponsors to issue a clear statement expressing their opposition to the Fox News host's "ambush journalism" tactics.

O'Reilly's advertisers are responding to our concerns. Yesterday, UPS told us that it "values and takes seriously" the emails they've received, adding that they are investigating whether to continue supporting The Factor. Capital One told us they "regret" O'Reilly's offensive tactics and do not endorse his "views/opinions."

Please keep the heat on! Keep taking action and let your friends know about the campaign:

http://thinkprogress.org/stop-oreilly-harassment/

Last night, ThinkProgress deputy editor Amanda Terkel appeared on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. (Watch the video here.) Amanda explained our campaign: "What we're trying to do is just let advertisers know what their dollars are funding. Their dollars are funding this type of harassment. And we want statements - do they agree with this or do they not agree with this? And hopefully that message will get back to Bill O'Reilly."

Please help us by doing your part. Take action again and let your friends know about the campaign.