The one-two punch of New York media calling up every agency and corporate advertiser, keeping lists of advertisers who stayed on - " i. e. , with Bill O'Reilly " - and those who fled, worked. As the publisher of a center-right magazine, this is disturbing. It sets a very bad precedent about the power of advertiser pressure and sends a message as an organization that you can essentially be blackmailed into getting rid of - " no kidding!
Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it.