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Verizon Wireless Pulling Ads From Website Featuring the Dr. Maya Angelou - "Ho Sit Down" post
Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 1:01PM The Blogmother
As you know on earlier this week, we reported on a blog which placed a picture of Dr. Maya Angelou under the caption "Ho Sit Down". I also talked about this yesterday on National Public Radio.
Verizon and T Mobile were advertising on the site.
You know our philosophy, you can put out whatever vile offensive stuff you want, I just don't want to pay for it. As both a Verizon and T Mobile customer, I don't want my monthly fees going to give money to produce something calling any Black woman a ho. Verizon is pulling their ads from THAT SITE.If you find that entertaining, fine, then you pay a subscriber fee and you pay to be entertained.
Blkseagoat just forwarded this letter from Verizon Wireless.
Read the original post:OH HEYEEEEEL NO! Bossip Calls Maya Angelou a "Ho"- T-Mobile and Verizon PAY FOR IT!
Verizon and T Mobile were advertising on the site.
You know our philosophy, you can put out whatever vile offensive stuff you want, I just don't want to pay for it. As both a Verizon and T Mobile customer, I don't want my monthly fees going to give money to produce something calling any Black woman a ho. Verizon is pulling their ads from THAT SITE.If you find that entertaining, fine, then you pay a subscriber fee and you pay to be entertained.
Blkseagoat just forwarded this letter from Verizon Wireless.
Hi Shane,
I got your voicemail and here is the response:
It is never our intention to offend anyone with our advertising and we have strict guidelines in place to prevent our ads from appearing on sites that are offensive. We are in the process of removing the site from our list of advertising outlets and are working to remove the ads. We are also reviewing our process to determine what happened and to ensure that mistakes like this don't happen again.Brenda B Raney
Verizon Wireless
What about T-Mobile?
KEEP CALLING T-MOBILE
T Mobile Corporate:
800-318-9270 (PDT)
STOP FUNDING FOOLISHNESS!
KEEP CALLING T-MOBILE
T Mobile Corporate:
800-318-9270 (PDT)
STOP FUNDING FOOLISHNESS!
Read the original post:OH HEYEEEEEL NO! Bossip Calls Maya Angelou a "Ho"- T-Mobile and Verizon PAY FOR IT!
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Reader Comments (7)
I think some of the people over at Bossip.com should be "sitting down" to think about another revenue stream. GOOD!
@Blkseagoat: ROFL!
I'm very glad about this, maybe next time they'll think twice when trying to use cheap shot shock tactics for clicks! RESULT!!
Thanks for letting us know that Verizon had it pulled! I vowed not to go to the site.
I just finished posting my own rant about all of this on my blog and yelling in typical loving, motherly fashion at younger women, "where is the line in the sand?"
I'd like to thank Gina and all of the other contributors to WAOD for keeping their fingers on the pulse.
Again, had I not read it here I would not have known and would not have done anything.
Rev Weems said:
I just finished posting my own rant about all of this on my blog and yelling in typical loving, motherly fashion at younger women, "where is the line in the sand?"
Definitely read my latest post on BWV... entitled http://blackwomenvote.blogspot.com/2008/01/purpose-and-power-of-royal-rook.html" REL="nofollow">The Purpose and Power of the Royal Rook"
It's ALL ABOUT why Black people don't have 'lines in the sand'. However, we're about to change all that!
Thank you Gina, and thank you Blkseagoat.
A change is coming. Enough is enough!