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Lindell went public by tweeting that that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow’s biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. He said in his tweet that he didn’t know why but that he suspected that the network was trying to silence him. Fox denied that.

Losing Fox was just the latest in a series of financial and legal setbacks for Minnesota-based MyPillow and Lindell, who continues to propagate former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, in part by rigged voting machine systems. Several big-box retailers, including Walmart, have discontinued his products, and lawyers who were defending him against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies quit.

“As soon as their account is paid, we would be happy to accept their advertising,” Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti said.

“They’re 100% lying,” Lindell said an interview with The Associated Press. But he acknowledged that MyPillow owes money to Fox. He put the figure at $7.8 million, but he insisted that the sum is within his credit line with the network. He said MyPillow has long spent an average of $1 million a week to run its ads on Fox. And he said the network had long allowed him 12 weeks of credit until it recently cut that to eight weeks.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow, they're still in business? I bought a couple of the pillows years ago before I knew who this guy was. He was shilling them in a Costco and we were like, "Eh fuck it, let's give them a try!"

Awful, awful pillows. Just totally ignore the fact that he's an awful man: The pillows are objectively bad. Who the fuck keeps buying them???

[–] FlyingSquid 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what the pillows are: He takes discarded furniture foam that he buys in bulk from furniture factories on the cheap, he grinds it up and he puts it in a pillow. Not a bad idea for a way to make money if you don't care about the quality of your product.

As for why people buy them? He's on TV. That's all it takes.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i paid like eight bucks for a no-name pillow of similar construction (shredded 'memory foam') at walmart. is a decent pillow, especially at that price. it replaced a name-brand (sealy) one (solid piece instead of shredded) that literally disintegrated on the inside.

whatever inflated price this guy charges is a rip-off.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah I never bought one of those, but a shredded-memory-foam pillow works for me because you can unzip it and take out as much as you want to make it the perfect amount of squishy. Put it in a separate ziplock and if you change your mind later and want to add some back - done and done.

[–] FlyingSquid 57 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just so you know, this is my job in both here and c/politics and yes, I do get paid for it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mariachi Q would also have been accepted for full marks.

[–] FlyingSquid 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but that isn't an image that says womp-womp.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You're doing the lords work. Take some of my replicator credit as thanks!

[–] homesweethomeMrL 7 points 1 year ago

I just want to say, on a personal level, we're really enormous fans.

[–] DrSleepless 6 points 1 year ago

Keep up the good work

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

lmao, his business is going down the tubes, so Fox cut his credit line from $12M to $8M, and he hit his credit limit. Rather than pay up, he gets cut off a cries, "They cancelled me!"

lmao

[–] Son_of_dad 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He denied that he owed them money, called them liars, then immediately admitted that he did indeed owe them money. This guy is such a moron

[–] Yewb 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thats the trump special with less charisma and allies.

[–] EmpathicVagrant 4 points 1 year ago

He wants to be Ted Cruz when he grows up

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

To be fair he's only taking 300 level courses right now. Sadly there's no further classes because Trump U went under.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lindell went public by tweeting that that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow’s biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. He said in his tweet that he didn’t know why but that he suspected that the network was trying to silence him.

To conservatives, "canceled" and "silenced" can be defined as "experiencing the consequences of my own words and actions." "Cancel culture" isn't a real thing, full stop.

Anyway, what a maroon.

[–] takeda 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He didn't know why... The unpaid $7.8 million to Fox can't possibly be the reason, no sirre.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Mike Lindell is like a toddler crying that mommy won't let him eat as many cookies as he wants before bed.

My husband had to meet him through his work. It sounds like this is pretty consistent behavior throughout every single aspect of his life.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (breathe) hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine throwing away your life, your credibility, your successful business built over years, to support Donald Trump's baseless conspiracy theories. Mike got exactly what he deserved.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mike was invited to the Whitehouse a few days after jan 6th and was photographed carrying a stack of papers. The top page of the stack had a plan about how to declare military law and keep Trump in power.

He wasent just denying the election. He was jockeying for a high role in a Trump dictatorship.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I love that he actually used the word “cancelled”!

[–] Illuminostro 8 points 1 year ago

Threw away a successful business over narcissism. Highly amusing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm ok with this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

2020 - S05E13 - Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep...

Lindell went public by tweeting that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow’s biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. He said in his tweet that he didn’t know why but that he suspected that the network was trying to silence him. Fox denied that. Losing Fox was just the latest in a series of financial and legal setbacks for Minnesota-based MyPillow and Lindell, who continues to propagate former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, in part by rigged voting machine systems. Several big-box retailers, including Walmart, have discontinued his products, and lawyers who were defending him against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies quit. - TV-MA, 45 mins

SD, SHD, UHD, Dolby Vision; Dolby Stereo, Dolby Surround, Dolby Atmos

[–] homesweethomeMrL 3 points 1 year ago

The.Crack.Denialist.S05.E13.-hahalolz.torrent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

file under: things I don't give a shit about

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm filing it under s for schadenfreude