Apparently, CBS thinks that the sight of two men kissing is enough that it would send football fans running and screaming if they were to air it during the Superbowl.
CBS rejected this dating service ad (which does feature two men making out) for the Superbowl, but is willing to run an advocacy ad from the anti-gay Focus on the Family. The rejected ad is not obscene or even very sexual in its nature. It’s far more tame than a lot of prime-time ads:
Cowards.
(h/t Daily Kos)
but the Focus on the Family ad that is part of their other anti-choice campaign, apparently features a personal story that may be untrue:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
MSNBC put together a list of the worst ads ever shown during the Super Bowl.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35059361/ns/business-business_of_super_bowl_xliv/
I remember this one during the 2003 Super Bowl and I’m surprised it didn’t make the list. I guess it goes to show what MSNBC’s taste is for bad commercials.
No thanks to the NFL or the Super Bowl for bringing out the worst in men. It makes me embarrassed to be a male quite frankly.
…but worth saying is that the real problem here is the fact that corporate America has actually successfully gotten huge swaths of the populace to tune in to actually watch commercials for their shitty products. That’s where the real outrage lies for me.