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Holiday Ad Has Hidden Hate Message
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| December 11, 2003
Posted on 12/13/2003 8:52:08 PM PST by yonif
DALLAS -- A holiday shopping flier that's been distributed to thousands of households in north Texas is creating controversy because a message of hate is included within an advertisement.
An ad for "Party City" was supposed to highlight a sale on Hanukkah items, but it also contained a hateful anti-Semitic message.
The advertisement includes the sentence "CC Hates the Jews" in large, bold letters.
According to ADVO, the company that printed the advertisement, a graphic artist working on the ad had left his desk for a moment, and a co-worker with the initials C.C. changed the text on the ad.
The graphic artist didn't notice the change and the ad went to print.
However, despite the explanation, the Anti-Defamation League wants more questions answered.
"How did it get out of the graphic shop in Pittsburgh? How did it get by ADVO? How did it get by the printer and all of that?" Mark Briskman said.
ADVO representatives in Dallas said they are mortified by the oversight and that they are trying to figure out why the error was never caught.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: antisemite; antisemitism; hatespeech; jews; partycity; racialdivision; religion; religiousintolerance
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:52:09 PM PST
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; Paved Paradise; Thinkin' Gal; Bobby777; adam_az; Alouette; IFly4Him; ...
Ping.
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:52:45 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
What is that, about 32 point sans bold? And the copy editor missed it?
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:54:50 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Living life in a minor key.)
To: yonif; mhking
DOH!!!
That's a "Just Damn" candidate if I've ever seen one.
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:55:19 PM PST
by
Choose Ye This Day
("The Pinedale Shopping Center has just been bombed by live turkeys!")
To: yonif; phasma proeliator
The graphic artist didn't notice the change and the ad went to print.
Apparently the graphic artist was either blind or had the initials "C.C.".
To: yonif
they are trying to figure out why the error was never caught. How's this for a sinister explanation: Stupid people not paying attention.
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:56:59 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Personne me plumerá)
To: yonif
Ohfercryinoutloud.
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:57:24 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(Please don't break the plates!)
To: yonif
Gee, that's hidden alright. I almost missed that big bold type.
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:58:23 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
To: yonif
Another proud Howard Dean supporter, spreading holiday cheer.
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:58:50 PM PST
by
CFC__VRWC
(AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - don't liberals just kill ya?)
To: Petronski
Who is C.C. and why is he still employed? Texas has a law that unauthorized access to a computer that causes financial damage is a felony. It's a great big law with big, bad teeth. When it went into effect. I demanded written authorization from my former boss to perform my duties, including security testing. Especially security testing.
With the right DA, C.C. could be in a whole lot of hot water.
/john
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posted on
12/13/2003 8:59:12 PM PST
by
JRandomFreeper
(I'm just a cook. And a unix sys-admin. Call for my contract rate.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Fire the perp and fire the copy editor.
11
posted on
12/13/2003 8:59:44 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: yonif
Amazing, Just Damm....
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:00:04 PM PST
by
cmsgop
(Whatever You Do,..... Do Not PING Arthur McGowan)
To: JRandomFreeper
With the right DA, C.C. could be in a whole lot of hot water.With any luck, a Jewish DA will get the case.
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:01:22 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Living life in a minor key.)
To: yonif
Maybe they should read the ads instead of just relying on the spell-checking software.
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:01:36 PM PST
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Petronski
Actually, I can see this happening.
It was on a disk, and CC opened it, edited it, saved it, and closed it. It was replaced and the guy came back and was never the wiser.
The print shop may have sent it off to print and then had it delivered to desination. Nobody proofs these things. I know of a certain candy product that had the name of an ex-manager and a trashy word describing him listed in the ingredients. Not my work, but I know this stuff happens....
To: yonif
Let's ask Jessie Jackson what he thinks of this...
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:02:10 PM PST
by
M. Peach
(eschew obfuscation)
Comment #17 Removed by Moderator
To: yonif
Whoever was running that workstation knew what was going to press.
How come the pressman and plant manager didn't catch it?
I'd like to see CC's real name published so he can be blacklisted for his violation of trust.
He sounds like he's got a promising career ahead at The Spotlight.
To: yonif
Hide in blind sight!
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:04:41 PM PST
by
Radix
(They say that in the Army, the coffees mighty fine, Looks like muddy water, tastes like turpentine)
To: yonif
Apparently it was a very local circular, going to only 7,000 homes
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:05:03 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Is your Tagline weak, limp and ineffective? Has it hurt your relationship? Try TiAGra today!!!!)
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