Monday, November 20, 2006

Essay 1351


Questionable taste in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• The King may be exiled from Spain. Health Ministry officials charge a Burger King ad campaign violates Spanish efforts to fight obesity. The humongous XXL burger flies in the face of an agreement to refrain from hyping huge portions of food. “In this campaign, we are simply promoting a line of burgers that has formed part of our menu in recent years,” responded Burger King. “Our philosophy can be summed up with the motto ‘As you like it,’ in which our customers’ taste trumps all.” Gee, who died of a massive heart attack and made these guys king?

• A bunch of FOX affiliates have opted against airing the upcoming O.J. Simpson program. “After careful consideration regarding the nature of the show, as well as the feedback we received from the viewers of northeast Wisconsin, we determined that this programming was not serving the local public interest,” said the general manager of a Wisconsin station. Not sure which FOX programs serve the public interest.

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