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Ask Toyota, Verizon and TurboTax how they feel about "fag jokes"
Please contact Toyota, Verizon and TurboTax, using the contacts in the column to the left, and ask them how they feel about associating their brand with lewd jokes that demean gays and lesbians.
Why? Because Chris Matthews told one, on the air, during an interview with radio host Don Imus last week. Matthews and Imus shared anti-gay jokes they had heard, which we will not republish on this site. You can, however, watch MSNBC's entire broadcast of the gay-bashing Matthews and Imus jokes here.
In response to the uproar over Matthews' gay-bashing comments, and the fact that they were broadcast live on MSNBC, MSNBC responded with a simple "apology" that they broadcast the remarks. There was no apology from MSNBC about Matthews, about his comments, nor was there an apology from Matthews himself. In fact, three days later, Matthews gave a speech on his TV show about how famous people should NOT apologize for controversial things they say publicly, calling into question whether Matthews was now repudiating MSNBC's weak non-apology and whether Matthews was implying that he was not sorry for his gay-bashing joke.
This is all evidence of Chris Matthews' and MSNBC's lurch to the right. It is inconceivable why Toyota, Verizon and TurboTax would want to continue associating their brand with a man and a network who tell a "fag joke" and then don't even have the courtesy to apologize.
Contact Toyota, Verizon and TurboTax and ask them if they think "fag jokes" are acceptable.
Why? Because Chris Matthews told one, on the air, during an interview with radio host Don Imus last week. Matthews and Imus shared anti-gay jokes they had heard, which we will not republish on this site. You can, however, watch MSNBC's entire broadcast of the gay-bashing Matthews and Imus jokes here.
In response to the uproar over Matthews' gay-bashing comments, and the fact that they were broadcast live on MSNBC, MSNBC responded with a simple "apology" that they broadcast the remarks. There was no apology from MSNBC about Matthews, about his comments, nor was there an apology from Matthews himself. In fact, three days later, Matthews gave a speech on his TV show about how famous people should NOT apologize for controversial things they say publicly, calling into question whether Matthews was now repudiating MSNBC's weak non-apology and whether Matthews was implying that he was not sorry for his gay-bashing joke.
This is all evidence of Chris Matthews' and MSNBC's lurch to the right. It is inconceivable why Toyota, Verizon and TurboTax would want to continue associating their brand with a man and a network who tell a "fag joke" and then don't even have the courtesy to apologize.
Contact Toyota, Verizon and TurboTax and ask them if they think "fag jokes" are acceptable.
posted by John Aravosis (DC) at 11:32 AM | Link
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