Fox and CBS refuse to air condom ad

[GenuineRisk]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/18/bu...pc&oref=slogin

Sigh...

[paisjpq]

I'm sorry, is this 1957?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

I'm sorry, is this 1957?

Again, the power of the religious right....blood and gore is ok but sex is bad!

[Downthestretch55]

Beam me up Scotty....

[Payson Dave]

hmmm....but cialis and viagara adds are ok to air...I guess that means that getting it up is ok but covering it up is not..

[brianwspencer]

I have been sitting here at work all day listening to people on commericals (the TV in our office is right above my desk) talk about their herpes and their vaginas -- including the most outlandish of all....the lady talking about her less-than-fresh vagina and the "odor" and the commerical cuts to a shot of seafood. Really? Somehow that is appropriate for daytime viewing, and frequent viewing at that. I've been here six hours and have heard it at least a half dozen times.

Condoms + preventing disease? = Good.
Condoms + preventing pregnancy while having sex without the intent to procreate, but just because it might feel good? = Bad.
Unfresh Vaginas + Seafood? = The Best!

I got that last little set of equations from an official memo from the networks.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Payson Dave

hmmm....but cialis and viagara adds are ok to air...I guess that means that getting it up is ok but covering it up is not..

i don't understand what these products have to do with the utterly filthy subject of sex.

one helps you throw a football through a hanging tire and the other helps old people hold hands while soaking in hot tubs.

i'd ask my wife to explain but she's busy watching stock footage of trains entering tunnels, rockets launching, and geysers erupting. she seems a bit on edge.

[timmgirvan]

[quote=somerfrost]Again, the power of the religious right....blood and gore is ok but sex is bad![/
Somer: I doubt that anyone considers CBS part of the religious right, so you might want to rethink that thought!

[somerfrost]

[quote=timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Again, the power of the religious right....blood and gore is ok but sex is bad![/
Somer: I doubt that anyone considers CBS part of the religious right, so you might want to rethink that thought!

Timm,
Did you read the linked article? I think it's 100% obvious who CBS and Fox were catering to?

[timmgirvan]

[quote=somerfrost]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

Timm,
Did you read the linked article? I think it's 100% obvious who CBS and Fox were catering to?

Haven't read it yet....CBS really catered to the RR when dumping "Joan of Arcadia" and fostering Ghost Whisperer and the rest of programming. Moonves said that he wanted these programs to target the younger crowd! Do you think Les is getting splinters now?