Fox bans stadium ad [Superbowl, bans religious content]

The Crimson White ^ | 1/26/11 | Amanda Sams

[Bodleian_Girl]

“Fox Sports said they would not air it because they deemed it too controversial,” Taunton said. “I was stunned because the commercial is so tame. The text does not appear on the television screen, and no one reads John 3:16 aloud.”

[Bodleian_Girl]

Another article here by Birmingham News religion writer Greg Garrison.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/01/birmingham_foundation_settles.html

[Carley]

Anyone surprised?

[Mmogamer]

So who aired the ad using Doritos instead of a Eucharist?

[bigbob]

maybe they just worried they’d have to accept ads from a maker of astroturf prayer mats

[Gene Eric]

BTTT.

This could get interesting.

[Bodleian_Girl]

It’s sort of a local story right now, wish it could get broader attention

[Perdogg]

In all fairness, they are also refusing the “Ashley Madison” ad.

[PalmettoMason]

So who aired the ad using Doritos instead of a Eucharist?

No one aired the ad using Doritos instead of a Host. It was on youtube.

[a fool in paradise]

“I’m kind of tired of our society trying not to offend anyone.

Mutilated nipples are ok in today's culture but not biblical references.

[newheart]

“Fox Sports said they would not air it because they deemed it too controversial,”

So you gotta wonder if this guy will get in...

[Alberta's Child]

I don't think he'll get into a sporting event anytime soon.

That's Rollen Stewart, also known as "Rockin' Rollen" and "Rainbow Man." He was a fixture at various sports venues all over the place back in the 1980s, but is now serving a lengthy prison sentence for a bunch of charges related to an armed standoff in Los Angeles (where else) back in 1992.

The world was never the same after they locked that guy up.

[Mmogamer]

Ah my bad, ty.

[Gene Eric]

>> It’s sort of a local story right now, wish it could get broader attention

Let’s hope so.

[Raider Sam]

No one has the right to be heard. Sometimes, I wonder if people make ads they know wont make tv just so they can get press for being victims. And thats not necessarily a bad thing. If someone sees this story and reads the Book of Joh, then did the group achieve their goal? I would say so.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

Wow. Why armed standoff? Was the shirt a joke?

[newheart]

now serving a lengthy prison sentence

Ouch. That could have turned out better. Then again maybe he was just trying to start a prison ministry.

[Alberta's Child]

I think he was nuts. He wore that shirt to all those sporting events as a way to “get his message out,” then started to get a lot of grief from sports TV producers who wanted their camera crews to avoid putting him on television. Once his public exposure declined I guess he went off the deep end. The armed standoff was apparently part of a plan to have a news conference on live TV to “get his message out.”

[Bodleian_Girl]

I’m ok with Fox having the right to discriminate. I’m just as good with my right to broadcast the fact that Fox is no friend to the Conservative. :-)