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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:27 PM Feb 2013

Bill O’Reilly Slams GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad For Being "Offensive To Men"

O’Reilly Slams GoDaddy, Taco Bell Super Bowl Ads For Offending Men, Senior Citizens
by Matt Wilstein | 8:40 pm, February 4th, 2013

Bill O’Reilly kicked off his post-Super Bowl show by reviewing the best and worst of last night’s commercials. He particularly loved Dodge’s “So God Made A Farmer” ad, which used the religious imagery of conservative radio host Paul Harvey and celebrated “traditional America.” But he found some of the other ads to be “offensive” and “dumb.”

The two ads that really got O’Reilly’s goat were the Bar Refaeli-starring ad for GoDaddy.com and Taco Bell’s senior-citizens-on-a-bender spot. He slammed GoDaddy’s ad for offending men and the Taco Bell ad for disrespecting the elderly. In his Talking Points Memo segment, O’Reilly played clips from both ads and explained why they bothered him so much.

O’Reilly found the GoDaddy ad “hard to watch,” presumably due to the shock value of seeing a supermodel make out with a less-than-attractive nerd stereotype. He labeled it “purely voyeurism” and “offensive to men.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/oreilly-slams-godaddy-taco-bell-super-bowl-ads-for-offending-men-senior-citizens/

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Bill O’Reilly Slams GoDaddy Super Bowl Ad For Being "Offensive To Men" (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Feb 2013 OP
Can it, Billo - I'M the nerd who won the heart of a knockout derby378 Feb 2013 #1
The Volkswagen ad was racist. The Clydesdale one was a Kleenex moment graham4anything Feb 2013 #2
It was offensive to my stomach Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #3
I slam GoDaddy for killing endangered Elephants with glee. onehandle Feb 2013 #4
If a few months at DU would teach anybody anything alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #5
O'Reilly thought it was offensive? bluestateguy Feb 2013 #6
Yeah, he wanted to kiss the guy himself. joeunderdog Feb 2013 #7
"It's terrible! Ir's offensive! Let's roll the tape one more time..." Ian David Feb 2013 #8

derby378

(30,252 posts)
1. Can it, Billo - I'M the nerd who won the heart of a knockout
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:30 PM
Feb 2013

Well, maybe Ginny would have said it was the other way around, but these things can and do happen in the real world.

Love the GoDaddy ad.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
2. The Volkswagen ad was racist. The Clydesdale one was a Kleenex moment
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:33 PM
Feb 2013

I didn't see Dodge's ad so can't comment.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
5. If a few months at DU would teach anybody anything
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:45 PM
Feb 2013

It's that the Wounded Disenfranchised Male is the great potential wedge group for the conservatives to still draw on. Even the liberal ones act like they're ready to bolt for an "Offensive to Men!" screaming demagogue at any moment.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
6. O'Reilly thought it was offensive?
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 10:46 PM
Feb 2013

Then I like it.

If Billo was for motherhood and apple pie, then I would oppose motherhood and apple pie

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