Posted on 06/19/2003 2:45:32 PM PDT by TennTuxedo
LIPTON ICED TEA DIXIE CHICKS ADS PULLED
Unilever Says It Will Continue Running Current Spots June 19, 2003 QwikFIND ID: AAO77M By Hillary Chura
BOSTON (AdAge.com) -- An ad for Lipton Iced Tea that features the Dixie Chicks is being pulled, according to people familiar with the situation. The country music group's lead singer in March during a concert was made comments critical of President Bush in the days leading up to the country's war with Iraq.
No comment A spokeswoman for Unilever, which jointly markets Lipton with PepsiCo in the Pepsi-Lipton Tea Partnership, would not comment on why the Dixie Chicks ad is not running but said, "Lipton has a number of different advertising and promotional plans in the works and has opted for now to run the commercials that currently are on air."
It's uncertain when or if the ad will run. The ads were to have debuted in May to coincide with the group's first world tour in three years.
Three current 30-second spots, which focus on getting back to a healthy way of living, started running in May in the slots designated for the Dixie Chicks ad, according to one person familiar with the situation. The person said the ads were rushed into production after comments made by Natalie Maines, the group's lead singer, caused a furor among some country music fans.
Texas dustup In a concert in England just prior to the start of the war in Iraq, Ms. Maines told the crowd: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The group is also from Texas. Radio stations organized boycotts, and Ms. Maine's later issued an apology
J. Walter Thompson Co., New York, produced the Dixie Chicks ads as well as those on air now. The decision not to run the ad has had no effect on the Lipton's sponsorship of the Grammy-winning group's "Top of the World Tour." The plan was for the tour was to offer Lipton a portable integrated marketing opportunity that would have included an associated Lipton Iced Tea TV spot.
PepsiCo and JWT, part of WPP Group, did not return calls for comment.
Lipton Iced Tea spent $2.9 million in measured media last year, according to TNS Media Intelligence/ CMR.
I didn't vote for clinton or bush , so use whatever label makes You comfortable.
You can't deal with the Truth.......
I'm an American , too bad You can't understand the concept.
It is certainly the privilege of Americans to financially support the causes and/or companies they wish to. As for your contention that corporations have "sent our jobs out of the country," that in my opinion is a discussion and a topic for another thread.
This article was a bad example of the point I was trying to make.
(Imitation of Captain Pellew accepting Acting Lieutenant Hornblower's apology in "Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ships" ON)
Your opinion is noted.
(Imitation of Captain Pellew accepting Acting Lieutenant Hornblower's apology in "Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ships" OFF)
That would make things difficult wouldn't it.
I went to a Media Bypass Magazine conference over Memorial Day weekend , one of the speakers there was Scott Ritter.
Scott Ritter is a former Chief UN Weapons Inspector.
Scott Ritter said that we had the worlds best investigators there and there wasn't a shred of evidence to say any weapons of mass destruction were there.
He also said the type of weapons they did have don't have a very long shelflife.
Other speakers there said that Saddam an old oil business partner of the Bushs' has been working with our CIA for 40 years and all he did was give Bush the war he needed to promote his war on terrorism.
Which by the way hasn't freed the Iraqi's and isn't doing much for FREEDOM in America either.
26 posted on 06/19/2003 5:18 PM CDT by Eustace
Ol' useless is skipping around the site spitting these little seeds of hate and bile.
Isn't it time for your nap?
You guys are too easy , come on!
Now this is above my head. You dropped too much acid in your youth. I think I'll buy some stock in the tin foil companies. You are weird. period
Everybody heard what you said and I didn't do a thing to stifle your voice. I expressed an opinion about you, as an opinion, and backed it up with a link to your own words. Not only do I not stifle you I spread your words around.
Keep trying , I won't stop and You won't bait me into saying something so You can run back to Free Republic crying Abuse ,Abuse.
Someone baited you into coming back to this thread. In the three years I've been a posting FReeper I haven't hit the Abuse Button once. Say whatever you want.
I think the rest of the world has echoed how the Iraqi's feel about being passed from one dictator to another.
And let's not forget all the other countries in the world who have found Peace with the help of the UN ( which was created by America's elites ).
You people defend losing YOUR RIGHTS with the lies this government uses to take the rights of others. I guess the government has a legitimate reason to say "We" are incapable of taking care of ourselves , so it is their duty to rule over us.
Does that mean You support the corporations and stand against individual freedom?
I mean other than me trying to make a point in an article full of shallow people , WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
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