Topic Index

MEDIA WATCH

Priceline.com, A&E TV Hate Programming is not worth Your Ad Dollars

When I was growing up in the 1950s my family refused to buy anything that was German in origin or even remotely connected to Germany. My father and mother had family members killed in the holocaust, and rightly or wrongly they positioned any Germany connection with being connected to Nazism.

MEDIA WATCH

A&E’s Religious Hate Campaign Deserves Neither Your Support Nor Money

Just because Remini and her ilk are off the deep end of history is no reason for you jump off the ledge with her.

MEDIA WATCH

Popeyes: Another Advertiser Just Pulled From A&E Shows. You Should Too.

Are you aware that another A&E advertiser, Georgia-Pacific, recently chose to sever its association with the show “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath?” They stated they are adding that show to their “do not air” list and updated their media buying guidelines to exclude programs that feature content like that seen in “Cults & Extreme Beliefs…”

MEDIA WATCH

Hyundai—Your Good Marketing Sense Would Bar Backing A&E’s Hate Show

I can’t recall any company I’ve ever come across that wants the public to associate their product or image with religious bigotry and hate. I can’t actually think of one!

Elizabeth Vargas