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Holiday Ad Has Hidden Hate Message
NBC 5 ^
| 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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To: mabelkitty
desination. Nobody proofs these things.:)
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To: zvigurionAK
To: mabelkitty
had it delivered to desination. Nobody proofs these things.Always proofread to make sure you don't any words out! ;~D
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:21:49 PM PST
by
ecurbh
(Fire futon torpedo!)
To: HairOfTheDog
45
posted on
12/13/2003 9:22:07 PM PST
by
cyborg
(far right extremist american...........)
To: ecurbh
Needless to say, there were some profuse apologies published in the next edition.... LOL! Live and learn.
46
posted on
12/13/2003 9:22:17 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: I got the rope
lol
47
posted on
12/13/2003 9:22:29 PM PST
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: ecurbh
HAHAHA! Thanks for my best laugh of the day!
To: yonif
What I don't understand is, why would C.C. label himself as an anti-semite? If I were a graphic designer and found something like that on the computer, do you think I'm going to laugh at it?
Usually stuff like this is done anonymously, but did C.C. actually think anybody would laugh with him?
To: All
Well that was fast :')
To: ecurbh
haha
I've always wanted to run a weekly paper....
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:28:50 PM PST
by
GeronL
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To: CindyDawg
Did I say something wrong?
To: scott7278
CC might not have done it. Someone else could have used his/her initials. You wouldn't think someone would put their own in knowing they were going to be fired. CC also might stand for something else besides someones name.
To: CindyDawg
I was just going by the article:
"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."
To: scott7278
????????
To: ecurbh
Ah, the joys of small-town newspapers...
I was a columnist for a small-town newspaper for a couple of years, and I can't begin to count the number of times the "editor" inserted spelling and grammar mistakes into my column. My favorite experience, though, was opening a copy of the paper and seeing this headline:
AFTER FATAL BEATING, SUSPECT COMMITS SUICIDE
Yep, after a fatal beating some guys just lose the will to live...
To: yonif
it's like we're redefining 'hidden'
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:35:39 PM PST
by
AM2000
To: MNLDS
The editor must have had a very long many martini lunch!
To: CindyDawg
I agree with you, it seems more likely that someone else would have done it, rather than C.C. However, ADVO put out the explanation that it was a coworker with the initials C.C.
I would hope that they would have already investigated before jumping to that conclusion, otherwise they're unfairly accusing C.C. of this dreadful act.
To: Slings and Arrows
AFTER FATAL BEATING, SUSPECT COMMITS SUICIDEDarn, that might be real hard on the elderly with bad tickers.
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posted on
12/13/2003 9:40:55 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Is your Tagline weak, limp and ineffective? Has it hurt your relationship? Try TiAGra today!!!!)
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