CBS Won't Let Super Bowl Viewers See GoDaddy's Gay-ish Ad Or

[cali]

a Gay Dating Site's Spot. 30 Seconds of Abortion Still OK



It's unclear why CBS rejected the above Super Bowl ad from GoDaddy.com, the always provocative domain name registrar that traffics in free publicity from its too-risque-for-TV ads. But the spot, while perhaps upsetting to The Gays (stereotyping effeminate fags!), doesn't fall into any of the typical rejection categories. It isn't sexual; it isn't filled with cursing; it isn't wink-wink about anything controversial. It just features a large former football character-cum-entrepreneur, and yet CBS refuses to air it, the company claims. This, from the same network that's letting Focus on the Family run its anti-abortion ad?

But that's not CBS's only exercise of its alleged anti-gay ad policy. The gay dating website ManCrunch.com, which carries the tagline "Where many, many, many men come out to play," submitted a 30-second spot that is, CBS says, still under review. But they told ManCrunch they shouldn't expect to see it air during the big game; all spots were sold out.

CBS is lying. It told Pop Tarts there was still room for its preservatives-laced tasty treat.

ManCrunch says it wants the ad reviewed just in case an advertiser drops out at the last minute. Or, you know, to make CBS conclude whether it's going to issue a blanket "no gays allowed" policy for the Super Bowl, while accepting, against its own policy, an advocacy ad from FOTF.

Read more: http://www.queerty.com/cbs-wont-let-super-bowl-viewers-see-godaddys-gay-ish-ad-or-a-gay-dating-sites-spot-30-seconds-of-abortion-still-ok-20100128/#ixzz0dvkIgVoV

[tularetom]

1. The most annoying thing is that they aren't even good liars

Anybody with 1/10 of a brain can see right through this bullshit but they go right ahead and shovel it out.

[Democrats_win]

2. No one should forget that the Ayatollah's on the Far Religious Wrong run this country.

You know, just like Iran. While true Christians are out knocking on doors preaching God's word and giving you the oppportunity to slam the door in their faces, the false "christians," and cowards, are forcing their way into your living room through corporate-owned, undemocratic fascist institutions. Can you really be Christian if you are propped up by CBS? If they truly were Christians, honestly they would do as Jesus did: go out and talk to people in person rather than hide behind a crooked corporation.

[cali]

6. codswallop.

like Iran? LOL. yeah, sure. just like Iran. And network and cable TV is completely controlled by the christian right. uh huh.

CBS is hypocritical on this, but your claim that this country is controlled by religious wingnuts is simply not true.

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. Absolutely!

Just look at all the atheists in congress and the senate and the supreme court and the governorships across the country.

Christians can hardly get a word in edgewise.

[cali]

12. oh for the love of reason.

the claim was that the U.S. is controlled by religious extremists just like Iran. That there's bias against atheist is indisputable but that is not the equivalent of far right christians controlling the country- or tv programming. If they were, you'd be seeing a lot more little house on the prairie type shows and a lot less dexter/lost/vampire fucking type shows. Money is what drives programming. Oh, and many of those who are christians in Congress are like Teddy or Pat Leahy or others.

[RaleighNCDUer]

14. No, that just shows that the religious right are all hypocrites.

Which is not news.

[seabeyond]

8. or males. nt

[KittyWampus]

3. The Ad is for gay guys who want to "play" not guys "looking for a relationship/love" .

I seriously doubt any network would air the same ad if it was for swinging straight singles looking to play.

Another DU'er pointed out those types of ads are on late night tv. I don't watch much tv and none late at night so have never seen any player hook-up ads on network tv.

It's too bad this wasn't an ad for gays who ARE looking for a relationship. Then it'd be interesting to see if were rejected.

As someone noted in the other thread about this, ManCrunch can get some good, free publicity for doing this.

[Sebastian Doyle]

16. The religious reich doesn't believe there are any gays looking for a relationship.

The reason they are so opposed to gay marriage isn't that it would "threaten heterosexual marriage" (which even they know is bullshit) but instead it would destroy the propaganda they have been spreading for years that "all homosexuals are promiscuous immoral freaks who have an average of 1,000 sex partners a year" (yeah right, who has the time for that?)

Which is why match.com (which has advertised on the 700 club) doesn't do same sex searches. God forbid they might have to make a commercial some day about how Adam & Steve found each other on their site and got married. :eyes:

[Missy Vixen]

4. Someone's going to sue

And they should. If Tebow's anti-abortion ad is appropriate, CBS is going to have to accept other "advocacy" ads.

:eyes:

[Ishoutandscream2]

5. There's that librul media for ya!

[seabeyond]

7. woman rip top off, thumbs up. dictating women choice, thumbs up. gayish.... nope. nt

[bridgit]

9. "(stereotyping effeminate fags!)"? Pft, someone already beat someone to it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSFUvpmdVp8 Perhaps sadder still, CBS is under little commercial obligation if any; to reconsider the context of a wide receiver during Super Bowl - by the time that kick off rolls around the distinction is no longer in question

[jgraz]

10. In a sane world, we'd be talking about CBS losing their broadcast license over this.

:banghead:

[xchrom]

13. Cause there no gay men that watch football? Nt

[athenasatanjesus]

15. They shouldn't promote ANY dating sites

You want to meet stangers? ...step outside.
Why create another worthless business as a middleman.

[Johonny]

17. Seems like the NFL needs to put it's foot down

For a generally image paranoid business it seems to be allowing a lot of negative press over it's ads in a way it has before gone to avoid. There's still one more week of Super Bowl hype to go too.