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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 04:40 PM
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Embassy Suites, a division of Hilton has pulled their ads
Edited on Mon Jun-15-09 04:42 PM by monmouth
from Letterman over the kerfuffle. www.tvguide.com

How stupid... There's also a video. It's on the left side of their home page.

David Letterman's comments about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters has prompted a hotel chain to pull its advertising on CBS' website — and spawned a campaign to fire the Late Show host that includes a planned protest outside his studio.

Embassy Suites, part of the Hilton Hotels Corp., pulled advertising on CBS' site because of complaints, company spokeswoman Kendra Walker told TVGuide.com. The company was not an advertiser on Letterman's show.

"We received lots of e-mails from concerned guests and we assessed that the statement that he made was offensive enough to our guests and prospective guests that we elected to take the ads down," Walker said. She declined to release the cost of the ads.

CBS declined to comment Tuesday.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 04:41 PM
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1. Duly noted. Do not stay at an Embassy Suite or Hilton hotel when traveling. n/t
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 04:41 PM
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2. Paris Hilton needs Letterman more than Letterman needs the Hiltons!
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 04:49 PM
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3. Just keep feeding Dave material, you idiots.
Like he's not going to be all over this too.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 04:50 PM
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4. Hilton ... Now there's a name I associate with high moral standards!
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 04:57 PM
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5. The Hilton sucks, that's my last choice when we travel. Try The Intercontinental
the Fairmont of Grand Hyatt.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-15-09 06:23 PM
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6. I've had great luck with Starwood properties.
Sheraton, Meridian, Westin, St. Regis, etc...
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