In 2016, Kellogg’s and other companies stop advertising on Breitbart after a campaign on Twitter.
(Jim VandelHei – Axios) The big picture: Twitter’s awesome power was on full display on Labor Day as The New Yorker, which had proudly announced Steve Bannon as a headliner at the annual New Yorker Festival, promptly retreated when liberals on Twitter revolted, including other festival speakers who vowed to withdraw.
New Yorker Editor David Remnick said in an 800-word note to his staff: “I don’t want well-meaning readers and staff members to think that I’ve ignored their concerns. … I’ve changed my mind. There is a better way to do this.”
“If the opportunity presents itself,” Remnick continued, “I’ll interview him in a more traditionally journalistic setting as we first discussed, and not on stage.”
Bannon crowed: “In what I would call a defining moment, David Remnick showed he wasgutless when confronted by the howling online mob.”
Bannon added: “Progressives are triggered like never before.”
This was simply the latest example of activists demanding — and getting — swift action against the media, companies and platforms: View article →
In 2016, Kellogg’s and other companies stop advertising on Breitbart after a campaign on Twitter.