Steely Dan Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Here's the ad CBS (CBS, Fortune 500) said it turned down the ad partly for financial reasons, but ManCrunch believes that there's more to it than that. "It's straight-up discrimination," said Elissa Buchter, spokeswoman for the Toronto-based dating site. Jacobs of CBS declined to comment on the charge of discrimination. Buchter provided a copy of the CBS rejection letter to CNNMoney, which states that the ad "is not within the Network's broadcast standards for Super Bowl Sunday." The letter also states that the CBS sales department "has had difficulty verifying [ManCrunch's] credit status." Buchter said that basing the rejection on credit status doesn't make sense because "we offered to pay cash." But Jacobs said CBS has no record of any such offer. I guess Mr. and Mrs. tightbutts would find that offensive.
justnzane Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 I guess that gives a new meaning to the line under your avatar "Don't stick it out unless you intend to use it"
Steely Dan Posted January 30, 2010 Author Posted January 30, 2010 I guess that gives a new meaning to the line under your avatar "Don't stick it out unless you intend to use it" "Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have reamed you."
/dev/null Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 I guess that gives a new meaning to the line under your avatar "Don't stick it out unless you intend to use it" justnzane doesn't need CBS to tell him where to go for what what in the butt Hail
Steely Dan Posted January 31, 2010 Author Posted January 31, 2010 What's really confusing about this whole deal is that they accepted the other ad with Tebow in it, why not this one? I keed, I keed.
Astrojanitor Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 CBS has also reject a godaddy.com commercial that features a gay character. Makes you wonder why the Tebow ad is ok, but admitting gay men exist? Too shocking for football fans. Total discrimination...very sad that even though we live in the future people still function like this
KD in CA Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 very sad that even though we live in the future people still function like this How's the Delorean running, Doc Brown?
Astrojanitor Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 How's the Delorean running, Doc Brown? I have a device that holds 10,000 albums and fits in my pocket I have a disc that allows me to watch thousands of movies and tv shows on demand Even though my fiancee is in the army I can get messages to and from her any time of the day I don't know anyone with polio. I say we live in the future. Soon as those jetpacks come in we'll peak as a civilization.
EndZoneCrew Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 CBS has also reject a godaddy.com commercial that features a gay character. Makes you wonder why the Tebow ad is ok, but admitting gay men exist? Too shocking for football fans. Total discrimination...very sad that even though we live in the future people still function like this CBS is a privately owned company and I think that they can do what they want. Call it discrimination if you like, in other news, I just read an article stating that Disney does not have enough "disabled" princesses......
The Dean Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 CBS is a privately owned company and I think that they can do what they want. Not really. As a broadcast company they use the PUBLIC airwaves and are required to operate in the public interest, convenience and necessity.
Steely Dan Posted February 1, 2010 Author Posted February 1, 2010 Not really. As a broadcast company they use the PUBLIC airwaves and are required to operate in the public interest, convenience and necessity. Let me know when they start doing that. BASTARDS!!
DC Tom Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 I have a device that holds 10,000 albums and fits in my pocketI have a disc that allows me to watch thousands of movies and tv shows on demand Even though my fiancee is in the army I can get messages to and from her any time of the day I don't know anyone with polio. I say we live in the future. Soon as those jetpacks come in we'll peak as a civilization. Wow. How did we ever survive way back in the present?
Steely Dan Posted February 1, 2010 Author Posted February 1, 2010 Wow. How did we ever survive way back in the present?
RkFast Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 The ad wasnt rejected becuase of 'discrimination', it was rejected because its lowbrow and immature. Even the same of the Sponsor is stupid. "ManCrunch"...seriously. I have faith that if the ad was lets say a mirror image of one of those eHarmony ads, it would have been approved.
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 I suspect that FagCrunch knew their commercial would be rejected, the liberal media would run with the story, and it would be the greatest free advertising campaign of all time. The fact that we are discussing it here proves that their ploy was successful.
Jim in Anchorage Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Not really. As a broadcast company they use the PUBLIC airwaves and are required to operate in the public interest, convenience and necessity. The FCC can tell them what they CAN'T broadcast, not what they MUST broadcast.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 I suspect that FagCrunch knew their commercial would be rejected, the liberal media would run with the story, and it would be the greatest free advertising campaign of all time. The fact that we are discussing it here proves that their ploy was successful. For once, I agree. Queers may be an odd lot, but they aren't stupid as a whole.
Lt. Dan's Revenge Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 I suspect that FagCrunch knew their commercial would be rejected, the liberal media would run with the story, and it would be the greatest free advertising campaign of all time. The fact that we are discussing it here proves that their ploy was successful. +1
RkFast Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 +1. Its so stupid it looks like a Sat Night Life gag. I cant picture GLAAD seriously trying to defend it.
buffaloboyinATL Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 The SuperBowl also rejected an ad last year for a company called AshleyMadison.com. They are basically a dating site established for people looking to have an affair. Their motto is something like "Life is short, have an affair". So there is clearly a precedent established for "outside the norm" dating sites.
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