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Untamed · 02-12-2007, 10:07 AM

The political correctness continues to reach new lows. Just read...

http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto...73.A11890.html

General Motors relented Friday and agreed to re-edit a Super Bowl ad that offended suicide prevention groups.

The ad, which tells the story of an assembly line robot that dreams of getting fired after dropping a screw, and then jumps off a bridge because it can't stand the thought of not working in a GM plant, drew the ire of the special-interest groups right after the game. As recently as Thursday, GM said it would not re-edit the ad, which is part of the automaker's campaign to promote GM quality.

But by Friday, GM executives re-thought the decision. TV networks were running to thries about the controversy, not GM quality. Fox News, for one, was referring to the ad simply as "GM's suicide ad." That, plus advice from outside the company, convinced GM head of sales and marketing chief Mark LaNeve that the ad needed to be re-edited.

Deutsch,

02-12-2007, 10:07 AM	#1
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