Click here to send your email urging Merck & Co. officials to stop advertising on Al Jazeera America.

Merck & Co. has been a new top advertiser on Al Jazeera America since August 10, 2015.  Advertisements for the Merck & Co. product Belsomra have frequently aired on the channel.  Florida Family Association tapes ten hours of programing on Al Jazeera America every day.  The Florida Family Association office communicates with each advertiser no less than once per week.  Merck & Co. ads for Belsomra continue to air. 

Merck KGaA in Germany informed Florida Family Association that they have no association with or influence on the business decisions of Merck & Co. in America. 

Al Jazeera, whose leaders espouse hate for Israel, who showed disdain for Paris murder victims, is a news company that is owned by the non-democratic, monarch styled emirate of Qatar who allows wealthy citizens to financially support ISIS, supports the Muslim Brotherhood, backs the head of Hamas, espouses Islamic Sharia law and does not afford citizens freedom of the press.  There are many reasons why Corporate America should not spend United States' consumer dollars with Al Jazeera America.   Click here to read more.

The news media does influence the political positions of the public.  The Islamist political positions held by Al Jazeera officials and/or owner, especially those positions demonstrated above, pose a threat to changing American public policy that has protected life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 

Merck & Co. certainly has the right to choose where they use their advertising dollars.  You have the same right to object and choose to patronize other companies that won't give your consumer dollars to Al Jazeera. 

Florida Family Association has prepared an email for you to send to urge Merck & Co. officials to stop advertising on Al Jazeera America. 

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Click here to send your email urging Merck & Co. officials to stop advertising on Al Jazeera America.

Contact information:

Merck Corporate Headquarters
2000 Galloping Hill Road
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
Phone: 908-740-4000
Fax 908-259-3966

Merck & Co. Directors

Leslie A. Brun Director Chairman and chief executive officer, Sarr Group, LLC (investment holding company). Managing director and head of Investor Relations, CCMP Capital (global private equity firm). Non-executive chairman, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., Director, NXT Capital, Inc. lbrun@sarrgroup.com

Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D. Director Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Faculty, University of Colorado. Director, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado. Thomas.Cech@Colorado.edu cecht@hhmi.org

Thomas H. Glocer Director Retired chief executive officer, Thomson Reuters Corporation (information and services company for businesses and professionals). Founder and managing partner, Angelic Ventures, L.P. Director, Council on Foreign Relations. tom@glocer.com

William B. Harrison, Jr. Lead director of the board. Retired chairman of the board, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (financial services). Chairman, Cadence Bancorp LLC, formerly Community Bancorp LLC (bank holding company). Director, Aurora Capital Group, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, RecoverCare LLC and The University of North Carolina Endowment Fund.

C. Robert Kidder Director Former chairman and chief executive officer, 3Stone Advisors LLC (private investment firm). Director, Morgan Stanley, Microvi Biotech Inc. and Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.

Rochelle B. Lazarus Director Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather (advertising and marketing communication company). Director, General Electric, The Partnership for New York City and the World Wildlife Fund. shelly.lazarus@ogilvy.com

Carlos E. Represas Director Retired chairman, Nestlé Group Mexico. Director, Bombardier Inc., Swiss Re Group and Swiss Re American Holding Corporation. Non-executive chairman, Bombardier Latin America.

Patricia F. Russo Director Former chief executive officer and director, Alcatel-Lucent. Lead director, General Motors Company; director, Alcoa, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Company and Chairman at The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Inc Pat_Russo@drugfree.org

Craig B. Thompson, M.D. Director President and chief executive officer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. thompsonc@mskcc.org

Wendell P. Weeks Director President, chairman and chief executive officer, Corning Incorporated (specialty glass company for the consumer electronics, telecommunications, emissions-control, and life sciences industries). Director, Corning Incorporated. wendell.weeks@corning.com

Peter C. Wendell Director Managing director, Sierra Ventures (technology-oriented venture capital firm). Faculty, Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Senior advisor and director, WestBridge Crossover Fund, LLC. peter@sierraventures.com

Kenneth C. Frazier Chairman of the Board ken_frazier@merck.com

Merck & Co. Executives

Kenneth C. Frazier Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ken_frazier@merck.com

Richard Hartz Chief Marketing Officer richard_hartz@merck.com

Willie A. Deese Executive Vice President and President, Merck Manufacturing Division willie_deese@merck.com

Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H. Executive Vice President, Strategic Communications Julie.Gerberding@merck.com

Michael Rosenblatt, M.D. Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer michael.rosenblatt@merck.com