Saturday, March 25, 2023

GROUP PROTESTS J.C. PENNY’S DEAL WITH ELLEN DEGENERES

February 2, 2012 by · 2 Comments 

OneMillionMoms.com, a unit of the Rev. Donald Wildmon’s Christian conservative American Family Association, has launched a campaign against the J.C. Penney stores to pressure the department-store chain to replace Ellen Degeneres as its spokesperson. “Funny that JC Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional […]

THE ANTI-SWEEPS: HOOVER BOYCOTTS ABC

April 19, 2011 by · 3 Comments 

Angry viewers have often banded together to boycott advertisers because of their sponsorship of certain controversial programs. In 2008, the American Family Association and the Parents Television Council mobilized a boycott of CBS’s As the World Turns, produced by a division of Procter and Gamble, best known for its Tide detergent, to protest a scene […]

FOX STATIONS FACE FINES FOR”AMERICAN DAD” EPISODE

June 4, 2010 by · 3 Comments 

The FCC may fine Fox Television Stations $25,000 for failing to provide it with information about an episode of the animated American Dad in which one of the characters is instructed to masturbate a horse. (“Give it a full release,” the character says. “Give it a happy photo finish. Take the glue out of the […]