[CS-FSLUG] Yum Brands will not be advertising on "Desperate Housewives."

[Fred A. Miller]

Yum Brands will not be advertising on "Desperate Housewives."
We urge you to write Yum Brands and thank them for their forthright decision.
See address below:

To: Friends
From: Bill Johnson
Re:  Yum Brands pulls ads from "Desperate Housewives"
Date: February 15, 2005

 Yum Brands is sending a letter letting those of you who have written know 
they will not be advertising on 'Desperate Housewives' stating (in part) "... 
We determined that the content of the program is inconsistent with our Media 
Ethics Guidelines. ... As a result, we have notified ABC and have pulled 
advertising from the balance of year ..."

Write Yum Brands and thank them for their responsible decision.  
Tell others.  
Email:
Yum.ConsumerAffairs at yum.com

Good for them! They didn't just go "quietly in the night," but had the 
fortitude to write a letter stating clearly their intentions.

Sunday night's "Desperate Housewives" exemplifies the satanic nature of this 
program. How can anyone think this is entertainment? And to think that some 
people sit down and watch this program with their children or allow their 
children to watch it.  It boggles my mind.

Here it is again in case you missed it yesterday.  If you didn't miss it, it 
bears repeating:

" ... ABC portrayed perversion as acceptable and ‘exciting’.  It
portrayed manipulation and degradation as a willing act of love
by a wife.
   Actual transcript available.
Disclaimer. This material is toxic. ..."
http://americandecency.org/email_updates/email02.14b.05.htm

 This is network television. A wife, Bree, realizes that her husband, Rex,  is 
losing his interest in her so she asks him what's wrong.  He tells her he 
wants to be dominated, and she sits down and watches X-rated videos with him.  
Later, he pulls out his handcuffs and she incorporates the ideas that he 
wants.  

I have witnessed obscenity trials. I have seen how the pornographers work. 
Sunday night's "Desperate Housewives" could have been a paid advertisement by 
the pornography industry. But, little by little, isn't that what television 
has become?  
  
All the more reason why we write the advertisers.  It only takes a few minutes 
each day.  All we can do is what we can do, but what we can do we must.

Obviously, Yum Brands got the message.  So many of you hung in there.  The 
loss of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut ads amounts to 
hundreds of thousands of dollars of advertising revenue.

Rejoice today and write letters. I urge you to read the 
synopsis. Tell those corporations what you think about them advertising on 
such degradation.

The following companies remain "hardcore" advertisers of 
"Desperate Housewives".

Toyota - you current and "would be" Toyota owners need to contact Toyota - See 
their advertising record -- 
http://americandecency.org/email_updates/email02.14e.05.htm
Diet Pepsi (again)
Daimler Chrysler - Dodge vehicles
The Home Depot
Hyundai
Kia Motors
T-Mobile - returned after being off awhile
Meijer - it's a local ad but this company needs to hear from those of you in 
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois - email
John Zimmerman at:
zimmermanj at Meijer. Com 

ABC/Disney's "Desperate Housewives" - 
Hold those corporations accountable
http://americandecency.org/email_updates/email02.14a.05.htm

Synopsis: 
http://americandecency.org/email_updates/email02.14b.05.htm

To view this email online:
http://americandecency.org/email_updates/email02.15.05.htm


It is very helpful when a company comes directly out and states
that they will no longer be advertising but very few do.
  Write Yum Brands today at:
Yum.ConsumerAffairs at yum.com

Your prayers and financial support are always greatly appreciated.
You can support us at:
http://americandecency.org/

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American Decency Association
Bill Johnson, President
P.O. Box 202
Fremont, MI 49412
231-924-4050

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