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Here's your latest blown-out-of-proportion ad controversy. McDonald's has pulled a subway ad in New York City because it allegedly hurt Far Rockaway's feelings. That distant Queens neighborhood—one end of the line for the A train—was called out in the ad's headline, which read: "To not falling asleep and ending up in Far Rockaway. (Unless, of course, you live there.)" That tacked-on disclaimer wasn't enough for too-much-time-on-his-hands City Councilman James Sanders. "I can assure the marketing boys over at McDonald's that most people don't wind up in the Rockaways by accident," Sanders said in a statement—yes, a statement.
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