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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 11:03 AM
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Does it make sense to stop watching CBS because of their rejection of Mancrunch's ad?
Edited on Sat Jan-30-10 11:05 AM by closeupready
They have no problem airing ads advocating stripping women of the right to make health decisions for themselves, and yet, reject an ad promoting a gay/lesbian dating service.

How is this ad NOT within CBS broadcast standards?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/mancrunch-superbowl-ad-ga_n_440773.html

:mad:

And in all seriousness, if the network standard is to reject pro-gay ads, then how is that not explicitly homophobic?
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Unvanguard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 11:09 AM
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1. Yes, as long as you tell them what you're doing and why you're doing it.
These double standards are getting pretty tiresome.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 12:06 PM
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2. You can watch CBS
since they have the only good shows, but make it a point to tell their sponsors, you are buying their competitors products. Because you feel CBS is discriminatory. And that you don't like it. YOU DON'T WANT OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS SHOVED DOWN YOUR THROAT. YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AND SHOULD HAVE ALL ''OPTIONS'' AVAILABLE NOT JUST ONE.
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 12:40 PM
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3. I found it funny, especially the end
but they clearly decided that their red-blooded football watching audience couldn't handle it.

My lady and I had a disagreement on this. I insisted that gay men do watch football, but because her gay friends have not expressed an interest in it, they probably don't, for the most part.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 03:03 PM
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4. 50% do
in this house
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 04:34 PM
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6. I figured that like every other group of people
there are some who like just about anything, and some who don't.
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 03:31 PM
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5. My problem is: I already stopped watching CBS because they suck.
Can I stop watching them twice?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-30-10 04:47 PM
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7. CBS is the station I watch most often.
I've been a fan of watching CBS' morning show (7-9 a.m.). I usually watch Regis and Kelly at 9 a.m. and then at 10 a.m. they have a local program called "Good Morning, Connecticut"
Then I watch "The Young and the Restless"
Prime time, all I watch is the CSIs, Criminal Minds, Cold Case, etc.
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