CBS Superbowl anti-abortion commercial

[Mango]

SOURCE:
Almost every year, the Super Bowl is the most-watched television program and it's not just football fans who are responsible for the massive viewership. The annual game has become a social event replete with parties and non-football fans who tune in to see highly publicized halftime shows, inventive commercials and episodes of promising new TV shows afterward.
This year is no different except that when viewers tune in next Sunday, they probably will see a 30-second anti-abortion commercial funded by the far-right, religious Focus on the Family organization but they won't see a light-hearted ad for a gay dating Web site that features two men and another that's gay-themed. That's because CBS executives said the network doesn't accept advocacy ads.

The Super Bowl ad will apparently feature the quarterback (TEBOW) and his mother, who was advised to abort the pregnancy that resulted in his birth. But she refused, and, lo, unto her a quarterback was born. It will no doubt be a very heartwarming spot. I guess the point is that if Tebow’s mother had followed the doctors’ advice, the world would have been deprived of a desperately needed football player and there would not have been a Heisman Trophy winner in 2007.

Here's the ad CBS won't run:

A website called ManCrunch.com, which is a dating site for gay men, wants to buy a spot for its new ad during Super Bowl XLIV on CBS. (See the video of the ad below.)
UPDATE: CBS rejects Mancrunch.com ad, CNBC reported
Man Crunch spokesman Dominic Friesen told theNew York Post that CBS claimed all the commercial spots during the Super Bowl were sold. Friesen maintained that wasn't true:

"It's clearly a form of discrimination that we're getting the runaround, that we're not being told the truth. Quite frankly, there is a lot of ad space available -- a lot of the companies that typically advertise during the Super Bowl are not advertising this year."
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CBS has given preliminary approval to an ad from Focus on the Family featuring Tebow and has said it will welcome advocacy ads if "responsibly produced."
It's not unusual for a network to turn down an ad for the Super Bowl based on content. The Post reported that CBS turned away a GoDaddy.com, which has skirted the line of edginess in Super Bowl commercials in past years.
Watch the ad and see if you think CBS should clear it for the Super Bowl. -- Sean Leahy

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQWFiIrBLA&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- ManCrunch SuperBowl Commercial[/ame]

 

[sunspotbaby]

For me, I really don't want to see commercials about anyone's personal life. abortion, sexuality, religion...AND ERECTILE dYSFUCTIONS :roll: to me are very personal issues and should not be 'advertised'.

I want to see beer commercials.

 

[Here4Good]

FUNNY beer commercials, or beer commercials starring the Clydesdales.

 

[scooterbug44]

Since I think Tebow is one of the biggest douchebags in the world, I don't think the ad will be particularly effective - more like a cautionary tale of why you SHOULD do something than a heartwarming story.

Seriously though - why the hell do I (and others) need to see this ad? Do you really think I have put so little thought into this decision that a 30 second ad will change my mind? It's not exactly a "heads I do, tails I don't" situation. All it does is use an improbable situation to make a difficult decision (or past decision) more difficult.

I would love it if our abortion rate severely dropped - but until you address the ACTUAL reasons why women get abortions (hint - future Heisman winners born as kid #5 to uber-religious folks are not in the top 150) this is just propaganda that serves no purpose.

P.S. Why can't the 4 hour erection people just take matters into their own hands? Hate those damn ads!

 

[30ashopper]

For me, I really don't want to see commercials about anyone's personal life. abortion, sexuality, religion...AND ERECTILE dYSFUCTIONS :roll: to me are very personal issues and should not be 'advertised'.

I want to see beer commercials.

with lots of hot chicks.

Seriously, if you don't like what cbs airs or doesn't air, don't watch the network. There are plenty others to chose from. As far as the Tebow ad goes, it's about chosing something other than abortion. I don't see why anyone would find a positive message like that offensive. Two guys having sex on a couch in front of the camera, well, jeewiz, I wonder why they didn't approve that. :roll: I'm sure if mancrunch put their minds to it, they could put together an ad that cbs wouldn't turn down.

 

[Matt J]

So the moral of the story is that you shouldn't have an abortion so that the child can grow up to be a total tool and 3rd round draft pick?

 

[scooterbug44]

with lots of hot chicks.

Seriously, if you don't like what cbs airs or doesn't air, don't watch the network. There are plenty others to chose from. As far as the Tebow ad goes, it's about chosing something other than abortion. I don't see why anyone would find a positive message like that offensive. Two guys having sex on a couch in front of the camera, well, jeewiz, I wonder why they didn't approve that. :roll: I'm sure if mancrunch put their minds to it, they could put together an ad that cbs wouldn't turn down.

Please tell me who else will be airing the Super Bowl, so I can do as you instructed and watch this major event on another channel. :roll:

The Tebow ad is about someone who has the means to gloat about their decision telling someone else who doesn't have the same resources/choices that they are wrong.

Don't even get me started about how many women/unborn children the money they are spending on this ad could help - if reducing the number of abortions was their actual goal.

 

[Gidget]

Historically Super Bowl ads haven't had an agenda for the most part. I think it should be kept that way. Imagine watching with friends who have different opinions on matters - gay rights, abortion, etc... it is crazy to start any controversy or THINKING during a fun game. Back in 2000 this was what PETA wanted to pay to have shown. Again, I am for NO advocacy ads.

Dec 10, 2000 - One advertiser prepared to pay $2.5 million for a Super Bowl slot this year was rebuffed. People for the [ame="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=p&tbs=tl:1&q=ethical%20treatment%20of%20animals&ei=8Q9mS4GyI4m6NpTa9cgE&sa=X&oi=toolbelt_timeline_result&resnum=3&ct=timeline-snippet&cd=1&ved=0CEwQ0AEoADAC"]Ethical Treatment of Animals[/ame] wanted to air a spot that showed cows singing that they don't want to be used for leather. CBS has a policy against advocacy ads.


history of advocacy ads super bowl - Google Search

History of advocacy ads.

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[Gidget]

LOL I don't know why I chimed in. I have NEVER watched a Super Bowl. I guess I just find it interesting that SO many are talking about it.

 

[beachmouse]

with lots of hot chicks.

I would like to invoke the old Fairness Doctrine and demand equal time for hot dudes in Superbowl ads. The football players don't count because like 75% of them are overly fat linemen, and even the quarterbacks, placekickers, and punters who might be considered hot are too covered up by padding, helmets and such that we can't see 'the goods'.