Condom pigs don’t fly with Fox and CBS
Advertising condoms because they prevent HIV? Go ahead. Advertising them because they prevent babies? Not so fast. In a story about a Trojan TV spot that debuts tonight, The New York Times says CBS and Fox are refusing to run the ad. The story quotes a Fox memo that says, “Contraceptive advertising must stress health-related uses rather than the prevention of pregnancy.” This decision seems especially strange when you view the spot itself, a “men are pigs” number that’s probably the most PG condom ad around. (You can watch it on the equally work-safe TrojanEvolve.com.) Maybe Fox, that shining beacon of American morality, is just worried that condom use could limit the chance for great television opportunities.
—Posted by David Griner
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