FOX and CBS Say Yes to Sex, No to Condoms

[tbyg52]

FOX and CBS have refused to air a condom ad because it is "inappropriate" and focuses on preventing unintended pregnancies rather than explicity on prevention of sexually transmitted infections. This is an outrage and an extremely hypocritical stance for both networks as their prime time programming is brimming with sexual content.

http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/condom_ad


Give me a break. CBS airs Two and a Half Men (at 8PM!) and they won't air this?! I stopped watching Two and a Half Men because it gets more gratuitously smutty by the week, and CBS won't air an ad that will surely prevent pregnancies????

Message from Cecile Richards, President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Here's a pretty telling story from the world of media. There is
a new condom commercial on the airwaves that starts with a bunch
of women in a bar surrounded by some men who happen to look like
pigs. One of these men then shuffles to the men's room, grabs a
condom from a vending machine, and all of a sudden is turned
into a regular guy. But the message at the end is what I like:
"Use a condom every time."

As the nation's leading reproductive health care advocate and
provider, we're happy to see advertisements that promote
protection, but the catch, of course, is that two networks --
FOX and CBS -- rejected the ad. FOX explained its rejection of
the ad by saying, "Contraceptive advertising must stress
health-related uses rather than the prevention of pregnancy."
Pretty shocking stuff, considering that we all know condoms do
both -- and since when is pregnancy not health-related?!? And in
the double standard department, network programs (and Viagra
commercials) are full of sexualized content, so why should an ad
about protecting yourself from pregnancy and STIs be any
different? Join more than 25,000 Planned Parenthood supporters
who have made their voices heard by telling CBS and FOX to stop the
hypocrisy and air ads that promote public health!

Edited to fix the mess I made while optimistically posting without previewing.

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread tbyg52.

[tbyg52]

3. Thanks for the K&R.

I find this behavior by CBS and FOX *really* obscene.

[rurallib]

2. Fuck Fox and Fuck CBS and I hope they get an STD and die.

[tbyg52]

4. Unfortunately, they are corporations

and will live forever unless we re-institute corporate accountability to the *people*, and the death penalty when warranted.

[gatorboy]

5. I's be curious to see how many boner pill ads they air.

I know I've seen the "Male Enhancement" ads on Fox.

[tbyg52]

6. It's a *lot*,

and at any hour of the day or night. Which just exacerbates the hypocrisy.

[tbyg52]

7. Anybody know of any groups that keep track of the numbers?

(I know, I know, they'd be wingnuts, but I'm curious and haven't been able to turn anything up by Googling.)

(I only care because of the rejection of the condom ad....)

[tbyg52]

9. Anybody....? Anybody.....?

I got up early to have another go--can't believe nobody's counting this.....

Thinking of some of those male enhancement ads, I am outraged (anew) that they won't run the condom ad.

[PA Democrat]

8. Yeah, I have to listen to the endless warnings about

"erections lasting more than 4 hours," but it's NOT OK to warn people about unprotected sex?

[progressoid]

10. I can't count the number of times my daughters have heard that. priapism warning

I would rather they saw condom adds.

[Arkansas Granny]

11. If you click on the link in the OP, you can sign a petition to both

CBS and FOX concerning their refusal to air the ads.