Oops! Chevy gets trashed in commercial contest

cynatnite

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Sat Apr-01-06 04:02 PM
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Oops! Chevy gets trashed in commercial contest

Edited on Sat Apr-01-06 04:04 PM by cynatnite

http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6056633.html?part=rss&tag=6056633&subj=news

Chevrolet created a contest to let users make their own ad for the Chevy Tahoe, but the company let a couple slip by under its nose depicting the SUV as a gas-guzzling, environment-destroying machine. Here are two clips from Chevy's site.

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Last month, General Motors launched a contest to see which member of the public could craft the best commercial for the Chevy Tahoe, a sports utility vehicle. At ChevyApprentice.com, visitors could choose from a range of soundtracks and video clips of the Tahoe traveling through different terrains. They also had the option of writing their own text to accompany the video and music.

Chevrolet let users make ads for the Chevy Tahoe, but a couple slipped by depicting SUV as a gas-guzzling machine.
One of the videos circulating around the Web featured shots of the Tahoe zooming through snow, mountains and desert. Over the video appeared the words: "Global warming isn't a pretty SUV ad. It's a frightening reality."

http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-6056692.html?part=rss&tag=6056692&subj=news

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im10ashus

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Sat Apr-01-06 04:04 PM
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1. You must not have been on DU in a few days.

That was pretty big around here this week.

:hi:

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cynatnite

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Sat Apr-01-06 04:05 PM
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2. Yes, I know...I made one

I thought DUer's would like to see how what's been done has made some news in other places. :hi:

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im10ashus

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Sat Apr-01-06 04:08 PM
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3. OH! I see now.

Sorry. I just got back from brunch and had a cocktail while I was there. I am a little slow. :-)

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racaulk

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Sat Apr-01-06 04:17 PM
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4. The "liberal" media strikes again!

It was more than a couple of videos! I think they are underestimating and underreporting the work done by those of us at DU!

For anyone that may have missed the fun: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x785853

:rofl:

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Sydnie

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Sat Apr-01-06 04:58 PM
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5. You should send the author of the article the links to the ones

made by DU'ers. That would shed some real light on the subject. It wasn't JUST environmentalists that were making them.

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