Sunday, September 12, 2010

HuffPost's major advertisers --- and how to contact them

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This page contains a comprehensive directory of some of the corporations that advertise at HuffPost, or that have done so in the recent past, divided into two categories:
(1) A quick directory by category, containing the bare minimum of contact information
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(2) An alphabetical directory with important additional information,
containing, where possible, screencaps of ads, and notes on what these corporations may not know that they are sponsoring, and enabling.
All of this information was obtained from open sources.



NOTES FOR CONTACTING ADVERTISERS


If you choose to reach out to any of these advertisers, and especially their CEOs, please be polite. Aside from a general courtesy matter, we ask this of you because we're operating on several assumptions:
1) We assume that these CEOs are good people. They head up some of America's really great companies, in many cases are responsible for tens of thousands of employees, and have impressive personal histories.

2) We assume these CEOs have no idea of the hatred and libels that their advertising dollars fuel HuffPost's ability to spread, particularly against the U.S. military, and Israel and Jews. Who knows, some of them may even be conservatives, and resent how their ad dollars are being used by HuffPost to incite hatred against conservative individuals and organizations. And we're very confident that they're unaware that their ad dollars are being used by HuffPost to enable, protect and embolden users who issue open threats and urgings of violence.

3) We assume that all or most of these CEOs don't even read HuffPost, but advertise there only because of the sheer numbers of eyeballs it reaches --- it is
the #1 most-read blog in the world.

We ask that you operate on these assumptions as well.



Feb. 27, 2011 update: There is one
exception to the above benevolence --- Al Jazeera. The terrorist-friendly, notorious preferred network of Al Qaeda has once again chosen to advertise at HuffPost --- and HuffPost, which publishes Al Jazeera's inflammatory libels against Israel and Jews, without criticism, gladly accepted. So, if you decide to write to AJ's management, do so with the knowledge that they know exactly what HuffPost is and does --- which is why HuffPost is one of only a handful of U.S. "newspapers" that even accepts its advertising.




Tips for effective communications with these advertisers:
(1) Seek to educate... not alienate.
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(2) Start with the companies that you are a customer of, or an investor in --- and state this up front. Your comments will carry much more weight.
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(3) Provide links to support your claims.
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(4) Keep it as brief as possible --- but as detailed as necessary.

If you know of any HuffPost advertisers that are not listed here, please email us.



(1) QUICK-DIRECTORY BY CATEGORY


AUTOMOTIVE
Chevrolet, Daniel F. Akerson, GM Chief Executive Officer, 800-222-1020
Chrysler (Jeep), Sergio Marchionne, CEO, 248-576-5741, General inquiry form here
Mercedes-Benz, Ernst Lieb, President, 201-573-0600, General comment form here
Toyota, Yoshimi Inaba, Chairman & CEO, 800-331-4331, Inquiry contact page here

BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES
American Express, Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and CEO, 212-640-2000
Ameriprise Financial, James M. Cracchiolo, Chairman and CEO, 612-671-2080
Bank of America, Brian T. Moynihan, President and CEO, 800-637-7455,
Investor relations email here
CapitalOne, Richard D. Fairbank, Chairman & CEO, (703) 720-1000, The Capital One EthicsLine: 866-785-9735, webinfo@capitalone.com
Chase, James Dimon, Chairman & CEO, 212-270-6000, Code of Conduct here, Ann Marie Hauser, Corporate Social Responsibility, annmarie.hauser@jpmchase.com
Discover Card, David W. Nelms, Chairman, 224-405-0900, communityaffairs@discover.com
Goldman Sachs, Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, 212-902-1000, GSWebSiteFeedback@gs.com
H&R Block, Alan Bennett, CEO, 816-854-3000, Fax: 816-854-8500, kate.rauber@hrblock.com
MasterCard, Chris A. McWilton, President - U.S. Markets, 914-249-2000
Merrill Lynch (now a division of Bank of America), Brian T. Moynihan, President and CEO, 800-637-7455, Investor relations email here
Vanguard, Bill McNabb, Chairman and CEO, 610-669-1000, Feedback email page here

ENERGY
Chevron, John S. Watson, Chairman and CEO, 925-842-1000, General feedback page here
Shell Oil, Jorma Ollila, Chairman, 713-767-5400, General inquiry contact page here or ShellCustomerCare@shell.com

GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
Amtrak, Thomas C. Carper, Chairman of the Board, (202) 906-3000, Contact Us page
United States Postal Service, John E. Potter, Postmaster General & CEO, 800-275-8777, General feedback page here

INSURANCE
Aetna, Ronald A. Williams, Chairman and CEO, 860-273-0123, General inquiry form here
GEICO, Tony Nicely, Chairman, President and CEO, 301-986-2500, General feedback page here
Liberty Mutual, Edmund F. Kelly, Chairman and CEO, 617-357-9500,
Presidential Service Team contact page here, or:
PresidentialSVCTeam@libertymutual.com
Nationwide Insurance, Steve Rasmussen, CEO, 614-249-7111, Nationwide's Office of Ethics and Business Practices page, phone: 1-800-453-8442; ETHICS@nationwide.com (Note: See extensive documentation of how Nationwide's ad appeared on the page of a rabid anti-Semite that HuffPost protects, here)
State Farm, Edward B. Rust Jr., Chairman and CEO, 309-766-2311, General inquiry email form here
Travelers Insurance, Jay S. Fishman, Chairman & CEO, 917-778-6000, General feedback form here

MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS
AT&T, Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman and CEO, 210-821-4105, sustainability@attnews.us
Discovery Communications, John S. Hendricks, Founder and Chairman, 240-662-2000, Viewer relations page here
Qwest, Edward A. Mueller, Chairman and CEO, 303-992-1400, General inquiry contact page here
Sprint, Dan Hesse, CEO, 703-433-4000, Also: Sprint's Ethics and Compliance Program
Fax: 913-523-9779
TBS, Phil Kent, Chairman and CEO, 404-827-1700
Verizon, Ivan G. Seidenberg, CEO, 212-395-1000, General inquiry form here

RETAILERS
Amazon.com, Jeffrey P. Bezos, President, CEO and Chairman, 206-694-2992, General comment page here
Best Buy, Bian Dunn, CEO, 612-291-1000, General inquiry page here
Brooks Brothers, Claudio Del Vecchio, CEO, 732-225-4860, General inquiry form here
Dick's Sporting Goods, Edward Stack, CEO, 724-273-3400, General inquiry form here
Godiva, James Goldman, CEO, 212-984-5900, General inquiry form here, letters@godiva.com
Sears, Edward S. Lampert, Chairman, 847-286-2500
Staples, Ronald L. Sargent, Chairman and CEO, 508-253-5000, General inquiry form here
WalMart, S. Robson Walton, Chairman, 479-273-4000, Submit an ethics concern
here or call 1-800-WM-ETHIC

TECHNOLOGY
General Electric, Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO, 203-373-2211,
General feedback & inquiries page here
Hewlett-Packard, Cathie Lesjak, Interim CEO, 650-857-1501, Feedback form for HP advertising here
IBM, Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman, President and CEO, 914-499-1900, Mr. Palmisano's email contact form here
Intel, Paul S. Otellini, President and CEO, 408-765-8080, General feedback form here
Lenovo, Liu Chuanzhi, Chairman, 866-968-4465, General inquiries contact page (left side) here
Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, CEO, 425-592-8080, General inquiry form here
Siemens, Eric Spiegel, President and CEO, 1-800-SIEMENS (743-6367), email.us@siemens.com, General inquiry contact page here
Nikon, Makoto Kimura, President, 631-547-4200, General inquiry page here, press@nikonusa.com
Xerox, Ursula Burns, CEO, 203-968-3000, ethics@xerox.com

TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
American Airlines, Gerard J Arpey, CEO, 817-963-1234, Customer.Relations@aa.com, General feedback form here
Budget Rent-A-Car, Ronald L. Nelson, CEO, 973-496-3500, General inquiry form here
Delta Airlines, Richard H. Anderson, CEO, 404-715-2600, Comment & complaint page here
Marriott, J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Chairman and CEO, 301-380-3000, General inquiry page here

OTHER
Betty Crocker (General Mills), Kendall J. Powell, Chairman of the Board & CEO, 763-764-7600, General inquiry form here
Case IH (formerly International Harvester), Harold D. Boyanovsky, President and CEO, 877-422-7344, MaxService.NA@cnh.com
Estee' Lauder, John Demsey, Group President, 212-572-4200, General email inquiry form here
FedEx, Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO, 901-369-3600
General contact form here
Gerber Life Insurance Company, Wesley Protheroe, President, 914-272-4000 General inquiry form here
Gillette, Charles V. Bergh, Group President – Global Male Grooming, Beauty & Grooming, Proctor & Gamble, 513-983-1100, General inquiry form here
Jenny Craig, Patti Larchet, CEO, 760-696-4000, WebCustomerService@jennycraig.com, General comment form here
Kaplan University, Andrew S. Rosen, Chairman and CEO, 212-492-5800
Media Relations:
mrelations@kaplan.com
Kraft Foods, Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO, 847-646-2000, General inquiry form here
La-Z-Boy, Kurt L. Darrow, CEO, 734-242-1444, Customer email contact page here
Levi Strauss, John Anderson, President & CEO, 415-501-6000, General feedback form here
Nike, Philip H. Knight, Chairman, 503-671-6453, General inquiry email page here
Samsonite, Jean-Remy Roussel, Chief of Operations, 508-841-1400, Questions@Samsonite.com
Starbucks Coffee, Howard Schultz, CEO, 206-447-1575, info@starbucks.com, General comment form here
UPS
, D. Scott Davis, Chairman and CEO, 404-828-6000, General inquiry page here
Unilever (Dove Soap), Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, 201-894-7760, General feedback form here, or comments@unilever.com



(2) ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY WITH IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION



Aetna

Ronald A. Williams, Chairman and CEO
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156
860-273-0123
General inquiry form here
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Special notes re Aetna:
(1) The ad appearing at upper right was captured on November 28, 2010, on the profile page of
"JesusGlock9OilBaron," one of HuffPost's protected anti-Semitic propagandists, whom it recently made a "Community Moderator" (see last screencap, below).
(2) HuffPost reviews, approves and decides to publish hundreds of comments by this user per week, sometimes up to a hundred per day. One example of the comments that HuffPost knowingly enables this user to post is at right --- a classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, that Jews control Congress. See this post for the fuller context --- and how HuffPost incited exactly this kind of reaction, by presenting only one, inflammatory side of a controversial story involving Israel, while excluding the exculpatory evidence.
(3) And in the screen below, this user confirms to another that HuffPost pre-moderates comments --- that it holds comments back while it reviews them, and decides whether or not to publish them, a fact documented in this detailed report:




Amazon.com

Jeffrey P. Bezos, President, CEO and Chairman
1200 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98144
206-694-2992
Fax: 206-266-2950
General comment page here





American Airlines

Gerard J Arpey, Chairman & CEO (bio)
Virasb Vahidi, Senior Vice President
Marketing (bio)
4333 Amon Carter Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76155-2605

817-963-1234
Customer.Relations@aa.com
General feedback form here
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Special notes re American Airlines:
(1) The ad appearing at upper r
ight was featured on HuffPost's top story page of the day. Note at top the teaser for HuffPost's top-line positioning of Sy Hersh's latest inflammatory allegation against the U.S. military --- for which he has absolutely no proof. As we've documented repeatedly, HuffPost's actions such as this serve only to advance the cyber-jihad, and endanger American soldiers.
(2) This is not the first time HuffPost has knowingly engaged in this behavior - see a detailed archive here --- including prior instances of its top-line positioning of Hersh's malicious libels against the U.S. military, here --- even though in his own words, in HuffPost's article, he admitted he had no verifiable proof behind them.





American Express

Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10285-3106
212-640-2000
Fax: 212-640-0404
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Special notes re American Express:
(1) It sponsored the top-line banner ad (see lower left), in conjunction with HuffPost
(2) The highlighted story teaser leads to this story page, the headline of which HuffPost manipulated to insinuate that all Israeli soldiers are "human shield users."
(3) As our story documents (here, here), HuffPost found two errant IDF soldiers' use of a 9-year-old boy as a "human shield" to be worthy of a top-line mention, yet it found 9 year old Hodoya Imes --- a Jewish girl whose father and mother (who was 9 months pregnant) were targeted and machine-gunned to death by Hamas --- and other victims of Hamas violence, to be worthy of no mention whatsoever.




Ameriprise Financial
James M. Cracchiolo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(bio)
243 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474
Office: 612-671-2080
Fax: 612-671-7345





Amtrak
Thomas C. Carper, Chairman of the Board
60 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 906-3000
Contact Us page





AT&T
Randall L. Stephenson, Chairman and CEO
208 S. Akard St.
Dallas, TX 75202
210-821-4105
Mark Siegel (Corporate Issues)
Corporate citizenship info page here
sustainability@attnews.us





Bank of America
Brian T. Moynihan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Bank of America Corporation
101 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28255

1-800-637-7455
Investor relations email here
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Special notes re Bank of America:
(1) HuffPost
colluded with, and shilled for the SEIU political terrorists who stormed the home of a BofA executive in November 2009 (1, 2, 3, 4).
(2) As documented here, HuffPost published a series of extremely inflammatory, misleading headlines about BofA in late 2009 and early 2010.
(3) BofA's ad at right appeared on October 19, 2010 --- on the profile page of "LookToTheLeft," one of the worst-of-the-worst, repeatedly-banned, gay-bashing, threatening, obsessive users on HuffPost --- yet whom it perpetually enables and protects --- while it fast-bans users who dare to speak out against him. See detailed report here.
(4) Also see Merrill Lynch, below --- BofA recently acquired it; it is also a HuffPost advertiser.





Best Buy

Brian Dunn, Chief Executive Officer
Best Buy Co., Inc.
7601 Penn Avenue S.
Richfield, MN 55423
(612) 291-1000
1-888-237-8289
General inquiry page here





Betty Crocker (General Mills)
Kendall J. Powell
Chairman of the Board & CEO
General Mills, Inc.
1 General Mills Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55426
763-764-7600
Fax: 763-764-7384
General inquiry form here

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Special notes re Betty Crocker:
(1) Few brand names exude family values more than Betty Crocker. Yet
as shown on the screencap at upper right, on November 28, 2010, an ad for Betty Crocker appeared on the profile page of RavDov571, a user whom HuffPost approved to call Jews "hooknose zios."
(2) The screen at right shows the post as it appeared on the page, a story about Bernard Madoff.
(3) Is this the first time this user vented his anti-Semitic hatred? Not exactly. As shown at below left, our friends at Huffington Post Monitor documented back on November 17 how HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish his urging for the murder of Benjamin Netanyahu. Yet as shown at below right, HuffPost removed the comment sometime thereafter --- but left him free to continue.

(4) This response is routine at HuffPost, yet stands in sharp contrast to the fact that it routinely bans other users who dare to stand up to this kind of hatred. See Sections 7 & 8 in this special report for documentation of numerous instances of HuffPost protecting rabid anti-Semites, and acting against those who oppose them.





Brooks Brothers
Claudio Del Vecchio, Chairman and CEO
Brooks Brothers Inc.
346 Madison Ave.
Edison, NJ 10017
732-225-4860
General inquiry form here






Budget Rent-A-Car

Ronald L. Nelson, CEO
6 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
973-496-3500
Fax: 888-304-2315
General inquiry form here

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Special notes re Budget:
(1) The screencap at top right shows an example of one of its ads, which appeared on the profile page of a rabidly anti-Semitic user, "TheBaffler," on December 9, 2010 --- whom
HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish his suggestion that a Jewish user "Go cool off with a refreshing Zyklon B shower."
(2) Is this the first time HuffPost has permitted this, from this exact same user? No --- see the directory listing on this page under Nationwide Insurance. This has been going on for months.
(3) More --- as shown in the screencap at right, when another user called "TheBaffler" out on his anti-Semitic hate, and suggested that other users urge HuffPost to ban him, he responded by saying "Good luck with that," a clear indication that he knows very well that he's in HuffPost's "protected" users. See Sections 7 & 8 in this special report for more information, on how true this is.
Thanks to Schweik for the tip.





CapitalOne

Richard D. Fairbank, Chairman & CEO
1680 Capital One Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 720-1000
The Capital One EthicsLine: 866-785-9735
webinfo@capitalone.com





Case IH (formerly International Harvester)
Harold D. Boyanovsky, President and Chief Executive Officer
700 State Street
Racine, WI 53404
877-422-7344
MaxService.NA@cnh.com
Or general inquiry/comment page here





Chase
James Dimon, Chairman & CEO
JPMorgan Chase
270 Park Avenue Floor 12
New York, NY 10017-7924
212-270-6000
Code of Conduct here
Ann Marie Hauser, Corporate Social Responsibility
annmarie.hauser@jpmchase.com
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Special notes re Chase:
(1) As noted at right, its ad appeared on the profile page of "Lefty83," on November 24, 2010 -- whom HuffPost has allowed to post more than 1,000 comments.
(2) "Lefty83" came to our attention through our friends at HuffPostMonitor, who documented this anti-Semitic comment by him/her on Nov. 23, in response to a story about Israel and Jews -
"Hook nosed bastards."


(3) So what did HuffPost do, in response? It removed that comment, but as shown in the profile page (taken 15 hours later), it left "Lefty83's" account active, then continued to review, approve and publish comments by him/her. This response is routine at HuffPost, yet stands in sharp contrast to the fact that it routinely bans other users who dare to stand up to this kind of hatred. See Sections 7 & 8 in this special report for documentation of numerous instances of HuffPost protecting rabid anti-Semites, and acting against those who oppose them.
(4) You might highlight this if you decide to contact Chase, and ask if this is really what it wants to be known for supporting.





Chevrolet

Daniel F. Akerson, GM Chief Executive Officer
Christopher J. Perry (bio), Vice President - Chevrolet Marketing
5505 Corporate Drive
Troy, MI 48098-2614
(800) 222-1020

Note: The GM Public Policy Committee charter states:
"The PPC shall discuss, and bring to the attention of the Board as appropriate, current and emerging political, social, and public policy issues that may affect the... public image of the company."





Chevron
John S. Watson, Chairman and CEO
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon, CA 94583
925-842-1000
General feedback page here
Note: Former Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) chairs Chevron's Public Policy Committee





Chrysler (Jeep)
Sergio Marchionne, CEO
Chrysler Group LLC
1000 Chrysler Dr.
Auburn Hills, MI, 48326
248-576-5741
800-247-9753
General inquiry form here
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Special notes re Jeep:
(1) The ad appearing at upper right was captured on November 28, 2010, on the profile page of
"peacekitten," one of HuffPost's longest-term, most-protected, inflammatory anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propagandists.
(2) In January 2010, we highlighted this user's persistent, Al Qaeda-like smears against Israel in our first major report on how HuffPost incites and protects rabid anti-Semites. Example: “Funny how [Israelis] had NO problem with wiping the [Palestinians] off the face of the earth until they discovered they might actually be able to strike back in a meaningful way. proof that bullies like this are nothing but cowards.” [screencap 1 and 2] More of this user's hate comments are archived here --- including open threats against HUFF-WATCH.
(3) At that time (January 2010), HuffPost had allowed the user to accumulate just over 19,000 comments in the previous four years. As shown in the screencap above, however, in the span of the next 11 months, HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish 26,000 more comments by this user --- nearly 2,400 per month, or just under 100 comments per day, on average (1 every six minutes for ten hours a day, average).





Delta Airlines
Richard H. Anderson, Chief Executive Officer
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
1030 Delta Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 30320-6001
404-715-2600
Comment & complaint page here





Dick's Sporting Goods
Edward Stack, CEO
345 Court St.
Coraopolis, PA 15108
724-273-3400
Fax: 724-227-1902
General inquiry form here





Discover Card
David W. Nelms, Chairman
Discover Financial Services, Inc.
2500 Lake Cook Rd.
Riverwoods, IL 60015
224-405-0900
Fax: 224-405-4993
communityaffairs@discover.com





Discovery Communications
John S. Hendricks, Founder and Chairman
Discovery Communications, Inc.
One Discovery Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3354

Viewer relations page here





Estee' Lauder

John Demsey, Group President
The Estee Lauder Companies
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
212-572-4200
General email inquiry form here
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Special notes re Estee' Lauder:
(1) The ad appearing at
right was featured on the profile page of HuffPost Community Moderator "Le Factuer 99," the latest reincarnation of "postman606," whom we document in detail here.
(2) In summary, HuffPost has allowed "Postman" to essentially "live" on its site for the past two years, during which it has reviewed, approved and decided to publish comments from him such as explicit solicitations for the assassination of President Bush ("Bush should be placed in his flight suit, put up against a wall and shot"), racist and homophobic insults, and extremely vulgar attacks on other users --- all of which the site claims are strictly prohibited. At the same time, HuffPost methodically censors and bans users who attempt to speak out against, or mock "Postman," or who have gotten him to reveal his long legacy at the site. Complete documentation here.
(3) The screencap at right is the user profile page of "black series," an anti-Semitic user whom HuffPost enables and protects to viciously violate its Comment Policy. This even includes enabling him openly celebrating the deaths of 40 Jews who were killed during the recent forest fires, who he said "deserved it" --- then removing this comment, but allowing him to continue posting at will. See full documentation here.
(4) Ironically, Ronald Lauder, son of Estee' Lauder, is the president of the World Jewish Congress, and is active in a number of Jewish and anti-hate organizations. He was also a supporter of President Bush. (Wikipedia profile here).





FedEx
Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
942 South Shady Grove Road
Memphis, TN 38120
901-369-3600
General contact form here
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Special notes re FedEx:
(1) It sponsored the sidebar ad, in conjunction with HuffPost
(2) The relevance of this highlighted story page is documented here; also see American Express, above.






General Electric
Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
General Electric Company
Fairfield
, CT 06828

203-373-2211
General feedback & inquiries page here





GEICO
Tony Nicely, Chairman, President and CEO
5260 Western Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301-986-2500
General feedback page here





Gerber Life Insurance Company
Wesley Protheroe, President
1311 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 350

White Plains, NY 10605
914-272-4000

General inquiry form
here
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Special notes re Gerber:
(1) The ad at right appeared on HuffPost's latest top-line, inflammatory smear against the U.S. military -- for which it knows there there is no proof.

(2) See detailed article here, and entry under American Airlines, for more information.





Gillette
Charles V. Bergh, Group President – Global Male Grooming, Beauty & Grooming
1 Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH, 45202
513-983-1100
General inquiry form here
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Special notes re Gillette:
(1) In the screencap at upper right, Gillette's ad appeared next to an ASCII text "HEIL HITLER!!!", posted by one of HuffPost's longest-term, protected
violators of its comment policy, "KQuarksSuperKollider." This is all documented in detail, here.
(2) How "protected?" So much so that HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish an average of nearly 1,300 comments per month from him, totaling over 14,000 at the time it approved this "comment." The user even bragged on another website that no matter what he does at HuffPost, it won't ban him. This was proven by the fact that HuffPost even approved him to post open advocacy of, and threats to murder notable public figures. This is all documented in detail here.
(3) Even though HuffPost did eventually ban him under that screen name, it allowed him to continue posting under "KQuarks" --- while at the same time, it was routinely fast-banning users who dare to stand up to such hate, some, after as few as six comments. See a special report on how HuffPost protects its most egregious violators, and ejects those who stand up to them, here.





Godiva
James Goldman, CEO
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc.
355 Lexington Avenue,
16th Floor
New York, NY 10017

212-984-5900
General inquiry form here
letters@godiva.com





Goldman Sachs
Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282
212-902-1000
GSWebSiteFeedback@gs.com
gs-investor-relations@gs.com






Hewlett-Packard
Cathie Lesjak, Interim CEO and CFO
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 857-1501
Feedback form for HP advertising here





H&R Block

Alan Bennett, President & CEO
1 H&R Block Way

Kansas City, MO 64105

816-854-3000

Fax: 816-854-8500
Corporate Communications:
kate.rauber@hrblock.com
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Special notes re H&R Block:
(1) The screencap at right shows an example of one of its ads, which appeared on the profile page of a rabidly anti-Semitic user, "TheBaffler," on January 4, 2010.
How "rabidly anti-Semitic"? As documented under the Nationwide Insurance listing here (also see Budget Rent-A-Car), HuffPost has repeatedly enabled and protected this user to refer to Jews as "Zio-vermin," and suggests that they "Go cool off with a refreshing Zyklon B shower."
(2) This stands in stark contrast to the fact that HuffPost routinely censors and bans users --- on a minute-to-minute basis --- who stand up against egregious violators such as this. See full documentation here.





Hyundai

John Krafcik, President and CEO
10550 Talbert Ave.
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
714-965-3000
Fax: 714-965-3149
General inquiry page here
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Special notes re Hyundai:
(1) The screencap at right
is on the profile page of "black series," an anti-Semitic user whom HuffPost enables and protects to viciously violate its Comment Policy. This even includes enabling him openly celebrating the deaths of 40 Jews who were killed during the recent forest fires, who he said "deserved it" --- then removing this comment, but allowing him to continue posting at will. See full documentation here.
(2) This stands in stark contrast to the fact that HuffPost routinely censors and bans users --- on a minute-to-minute basis --- who stand up against egregious violators such as "black series," and even "Moderators" who issue open death threats against noted public officials. See full documentation here, here.





IBM

Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman, President and CEO
Mr. Palmisano's email contact form here (please be polite)
1 New Orchard Road
Armonk, New York 10504-1722
United States
914-499-1900
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Special notes re IBM:
(1) IBM was profiled in this 1/14/11 article as buying specialty advertising at HuffPost: "
The "Smarter Ideas" page on the site is sponsored by IBM and features links to several posts, some of which are made by IBM and labeled Sponsor Generated Content. An October article from an IBM researcher on electric cars is promoted on the page, along with links to sponsored articles on high-speed rail and water management."





Intel
Paul S. Otellini, President and Chief Executive Officer
2200 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054-1549
(408) 765-8080
General feedback/question form here





Jenny Craig
Patti Larchet, Chief Executive Officer
Jenny Craig, Inc.
5770 Fleet Street
Carlsbad, CA 92008
760-696-4000

WebCustomerService@jennycraig.com
General comment form here
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Special notes re Jenny Craig:
(1) The screencap at right, taken on 11/27/10, shows an ad for Jenny Craig on the profile page of
a rabidly anti-Semitic user, "TheBaffler," whose posting privileges HuffPost has protected. See screencaps and more info under Nationwide Insurance.





Kaplan University
Andrew S. Rosen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
888 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10106
212-492-5800
Media Relations: mrelations@kaplan.com





Kraft Foods
Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO
3 Lakes Dr.

Northfield, IL 60093

847-646-2000

Fax: 847-646-6005

General inquiry form here

Corporate Responsibility Guidelines here






La-Z-Boy
Kurt L. Darrow,
CEO, President and Executive Director
1284 North Telegraph Road
Monroe, MI 48162

734-242-1444
Customer email contact page here





Lenovo
Liu Chuanzhi, Chairman of the Board
1009 Think Place
Morrisville, NC 27560

866-968-4465
General inquiries contact page (left side) here






Levi Strauss
John Anderson, President & CEO
Levi Strauss & Co.
1155 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-501-6000
General feedback form here
Levi's blog-type feature, "GetSatisfaction," here





Liberty Mutual
Edmund F. Kelly, Chairman and CEO
175 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
617-357-9500
Presidential Service Team contact page here
Or:
PresidentialSVCTeam@libertymutual.com





Marriott
J.W. "Bill" Marriott, Chairman and CEO (his personal blog)
Marriott International, Inc.
10400 Fernwood Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
301-380-3000
General inquiry page here





MasterCard
Chris A. McWilton, President - U.S. Markets
2000 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
914-249-2000
Also: Chris Monteiro, Corporate Communications
914-249-5826
chris_monteiro@mastercard.com





Mercedes-Benz
Ernst Lieb, President
One Mercedes Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645
201-573-0600
General comment form here





Merrill Lynch
(now a division of Bank of America)
Brian T. Moynihan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Bank of America Corporation
101 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28255

1-800-637-7455
Investor relations email here





Microsoft
Note: Ad image at right is from this article, demonstrating HuffPost's egregious anti-Semitic bias. Note also that Bill & Melinda Gates are both HuffPost bloggers.
Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399
425-592-8080
General inquiry form here





Nationwide Insurance
Steve Rasmussen, Chief Executive Officer
Nationwide World Headquarters
One Nationwide Plaza
Columbus, OH 43215–2220
614-249-7111
Nationwide's Office of Ethics and Business Practices (page):
800-453-8442
Fax: 614-249-8442
Email: ETHICS@nationwide.com
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Special notes re Nationwide:
(1) The screencap at right shows an example of one of its ads, which appeared on the profile page of a rabidly anti-Semitic user, "TheBaffler," on November 21, 2010.
How "rabidly anti-Semitic"?
(2) As shown in the second screencap, after allowing him to post 7,800 previous comments since December 2008, HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish his suggestion that a Jewish user, whom he referred to as "Zio-vermin," to "Go cool off with a refreshing Zyklon B shower."
(3) How do we know that HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish this "comment"? Because HuffPost says it did, right at the top of the very page upon which this comment was posted:
(4) As shown on the screencap at left, below, on November 23, possibly due to our friends at Huffington Post Monitor publicizing its enabling of "The Baffler," HuffPost removed the comment about Zyklon-B (9:32pm on 11/21). Yet it left the user free to continue. And as of November 27, at right, HuffPost was still allowing "The Baffler" to continue along... even though at this same time, it was banning non-violating users who dared to stand up to the most egregious violators of its Comment Policy (see "RedTide" in Section 7 here).






Nikon
Makoto Kimura, President
Nikon Inc.
1300 Walt Whitman Road

Melville, NY 11747-3064

631-547-4200

General inquiry page here
press@nikonusa.com





Nike
Philip H. Knight,
Chairman of the Board
One Bowerman Drive

Beaverton, OR 97005

503-671-6453

General inquiry email page here
Also:
Nike Corporate Responsibility Report here





Qwest
Edward A. Mueller, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
1801 California Street
Denver, CO 80202

(800) 899-7780
(303) 992-1400
General inquiry contact page here





Samsonite
Jean-Remy Roussel, Chief of Operations
575 West Street
Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048
508-841-1400
Questions@Samsonite.com





Sears
Edward S. Lampert, Chairman
Sears Holdings Corporation
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
(847) 286-2500
Also: Tom Aiello, Vice President of Public Relations, 847-286-7387





Shell Oil
Jorma Ollila, Chairman
Two Houston Center, Plaza Level I
909 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas 77010
713-767-5400
General inquiry contact page here

Or ShellCustomerCare@shell.com





Siemens
Eric Spiegel, President and CEO
527 Madison Avenue
8th Floor
New York, NY 10022

1-800-SIEMENS

email.us@siemens.com
General inquiry contact page here





Sprint
Dan Hesse, Chief Executive Officer
Sprint Nextel Corporation

2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, VA 20191
703-433-4000
Also: Sprint's Ethics and Compliance Program
Fax: 913-523-9779
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Special notes re Sprint:
(1) The ad at right was featured on a September 2010 news story about Israel that HuffPost manipulated in such a way that could only incite hatred against the Jewish state, while protecting Hamas, here.
(2) In August 2009, a Sprint ad appeared on a news thread concerning a Sprint executive who'd died in an accident. In violation of its own policy, HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish numerous ghoulish hate-comments such as "he deserved to die,"
"he was a Rethug," etc. Yet while HuffPost fast-bans users who dare to stand up to its worst violators, it has allowed the worst-of-the-worst of these users to remain active as of October 2010. See full documentation at Sprint executive killed; users unleash hatred (HuffPost: "Approved!!!"





Staples
Ronald L. Sargent, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
500 Staples Drive
Framingham, MA 01702
508-253-5000
General inquiry form here





Starbucks Coffee

Howard Schultz, Chairman, President and CEO
2401 Utah Ave. South
Seattle, WA 98134
206-447-1575
Fax: 206-447-0828
info@starbucks.com
General comment form here





State Farm
Edward B. Rust Jr., Chairman and CEO
One State Farm Plaza
Bloomington, IL 61791-0001
309-766-2311
General inquiry email form here





TBS
Phil Kent, Chairman and CEO
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
One CNN Center
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-827-1700
Misty Skedgell, VP, Corporate Communications
404-885-4396
Email: misty.skedgell@turner.com







Toyota
Yoshimi Inaba, Chairman & CEO
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

19001 South Western Ave.

Torrance, CA 90501

800-331-4331

Fax: 310-468-7814
Inquiry contact page here
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Special notes re Toyota:
(1) Toyota's ad appeared at the top of this screen, in which a non-violating conservative HuffPost user, "NewFragranceForMen," was banned. See Section 7 here.
(2)
At the same time, HuffPost was enabling, protecting and emboldening the most egregious radical leftist violators of its policies such as "foxinretreat" --- whom it repeatedly permitted to openly call for the murder of Rep. John Boehner, VP Cheney, etc., while banning users who dared speak out. See documentation here.





Travelers Insurance
Jay S. Fishman, Chairman & CEO
485 Lexington Ave
Suite 400
New York, NY 10017
917-778-6000
General feedback form here





UPS
D. Scott Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
55 Glenlake Parkway, NE

Atlanta , GA 30328

404-828-6000
General inquiry/comment page here





Unilever (Dove Soap)
Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer
800 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
201-894-7760
General feedback form here
comments@unilever.com
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Special notes re Unilever:
(1) The screencap at upper right shows an example of one of its ads, which appeared on the profile page of a certain user that's come to our attention, "Yoda."
(2) Why did "Yoda" stand out to us? Because on November
21, 2010, HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish his "comment," urging that all Republicans be murdered.
(3) How do we know that HuffPost reviewed, approved and decided to publish this "comment"? Because HuffPost says it did, right at the top of every one of its news threads.





United States Postal Service
John E. Potter, Postmaster General & CEO
Office of the Consumer Advocate
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW RM 4541
Washington DC 20260-4541
800-275-8777
General feedback page here





Vanguard
Bill McNabb, Chairman and CEO
P.O. Box 2600
Valley Forge, PA 19482
(610) 669-1000
Feedback email page here





Verizon
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO
140 West St.
New York, NY 10007
212-395-1000
Ivan.g.seidenberg@verizon.com
General inquiry form here
---------
Special notes re Verizon:
(1) The screencap at upper right shows Verizon's ad atop the user profile of "OnTopicOffTopic," a repeatedly-banned, egregious violator of HuffPost's policies (and possibly the law
), whom it allows to essentially "live" on the site for 8-10 hours a day, every day of the year (22,275 comments in 7 months)
(2) HuffPost has repeatedly permitted him to openly threaten to beat up other users who voice opinions with which he disagrees, or who expose or mock his obsession --- including giving out the address and time to meet. He has explicitly claimed that he will put them into the hospital.
(3) HuffPost's response to all this? It's been two-fold: (a) It made "OTOT" a Moderator, and (b) it routinely censors and bans users whom he "targets" --- but leaves him active, and protected.
See complete report here.





WalMart
S. Robson Walton, Chairman
702 SW 8th St.
Bentonville, AR 72716
479-273-4000
Fax: 479-277-1830
Submit an ethics concern here
or call 1-800-WM-ETHIC





Xerox
Ursula Burns, CEO
45 Glover Ave.
Norwalk, CT 06850
203-968-3000
ethics@xerox.com
Also: Global Citizenship report and ethical principles here


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9 comments:

  1. Nice list! I've written them all and thanked them for supporting HuffPo! They've got my business whenever applicable.

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  2. @ Anonymous 12:28pm on 11/26:

    Let this be a testament to the fact that in the name of tolerance and diversity, we at HUFF-WATCH even welcome comments from the most mentally deranged, so long as they contain no profanity or threats.

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  3. You are a conservative, extremist, radical. Think outside the Fox, Beckerhead. You do not reveal your identity. At least Matt and Zach make no secrets about their identities on the HP Monitor. However, their concerns are strictly related to things concerning Israel. You, on the other hand, are a rabid Tea Bagger. Everything that upsets the conservative agenda is suspect. Hell, you won't even publish this comment b/c it conflicts with your feudal, plutocrat, regressive agenda.

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  4. @ Anonymous Jan. 8 @ 1:39am:

    You know, JesusGlock9OilBaron, if you're going to attempt to leave an "Anonymous" comment, it would probably be smarter to do so a bit after you do a search of the site for... "JesusGlock9OilBaron,", and using terms such as "Beckerhead," which you use pretty much endlessly at HuffPost. But rabid anti-Semites and anti-Israel propagandists aren't exactly known for their intellectual prowess.

    Be that as it may, if you are upset about being held accountable for your hateful words (readers: see JG9OB's words under the Aetna listing on this page, and elsewhere on HUFF-WATCH), perhaps you should rethink which words you post.

    Because if you're going to continue voicing Nazi-like diatribes about how Jews own the Congress, and are responsible for all the evil in the world, don't be surprised if someone begins keeping score.

    "Hell, you won't even publish this comment..."

    Wrong again, dipshit. Your was far too revealing to prevent the world from seeing.

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  5. @ Anonymous Jan. 8 @ 3:10am:

    "Angry much?"

    If you're referring to me, nope, I'm pretty pleased with how things are going at HUFF-WATCH at the moment. Just wait, exciting things are in the works that will make me much happier!

    Perhaps you should look to your fellow radical leftist travelers, to see the most unhappy lot on planet Earth - as evidenced throughout HUFF-WATCH.

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  6. I have written to some of them and included links to your site.
    Seeing for themselves and becoming aware that people are taking issue is better than just penning a long letter.
    Thank you Huffwatch for taking the trouble and speaking up.

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  7. Thank you for creating this site. I am amazed at how liberals censor alternate view points and slander those they do not like, unfortunately and especially in a country such as US. Huffington Post refuses to post our comments and articles but has given free reign to pro-Islamist and antisemitic groups, who have nothing to offer the world except for their message of hate.

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  8. There are those who claim to be democratic, but fall by the wayside when the chips are down. So please do not put your trust in these scum bags who give democracy a bad name.

    Remember that Eternal vigilance is the price of LIBERTY.

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