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Title: Most unfortunate ad ever?
Post by: bijou on November 30, 2009, 02:02:55 PM

(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01533/twitterbillboard_1533956c.jpg)

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The advertisement, for WPMI-TV in Alabama, showed the station's anchors, Greg Peterson and Kym Thurman, with their top weatherman Derek Beasley, alongside the latest headline and the words “Right now on Twitter”. ...

link (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6693303/TV-station-managers-suspended-following-Twitter-gang-rape-billboard.html)
 :lmao:

Title: Re: Most unfortunate ad ever?
Post by: DefiantSix on November 30, 2009, 02:19:26 PM

At least it isn't Floriduh.  This time.   :lmao:

Title: Re: Most unfortunate ad ever?
Post by: SilverOrchid on November 30, 2009, 02:27:58 PM

 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Title: Re: Most unfortunate ad ever?
Post by: ReardenSteel on November 30, 2009, 05:05:43 PM

Whoa. I thought that was "my" weatherman. I didn't even know he left. (http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2009/08/17/derek-beasley-going-to-mobile-ala/)

I wish him well but in my humble opinion, the ad above is not nearly as bad as the local NBC's "Derek said it would be like this" jingle. Don't miss that pet peeve.