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

[Frank Bax]

Somebody appears to have been manipulating dates in this announcement - the 
letter was sent to Bill Johnson 3 months ago (not yesterday).
         http://www.cwfa.org/articles/6915/CFI/pornography/

At 09:16 AM 2/16/05, Fred A. Miller wrote:

>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
>
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>Bill Johnson, President
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>Fremont, MI 49412
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