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Coming this week:  Buy Nothing Day! (and Boycott MTV)
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

Each year, the good people at AdBusters encourage Americans to think twice about their consumption, holding the Day of Thanksgiving—typically the start of the Christmas shopping frenzy—as “Buy Nothing Day.” This year, they have put together a compelling television commerical, and MTV has said that the ad goes “too far” for their standards.  This, from a station that profits from half-naked girls dancing around violent steretypes!

Here is the video for which MTV will not allow AdBusters to purchase space:




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AdBuster’s response:

MTV, the channel that markets itself to hip youth, has decreed that our Buy Nothing Day public service spot “goes further than we are willing to accept on our channels”. Gangsta rap and sexualized, semi-naked school girls are okay, but apparently not a burping pig talking about consumption. If you object to this sort of corporate censorship, why not send them a message now?

You can follow this link to send a simple message to MTV, letting the know you will not be watching them anymore.

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