PETA Thanksgiving ad
According to this article, four local NBC affiliates are refusing to air an ad that PETA had wanted to run during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. One of the affiliates is WNCN in Raleigh; the station’s general manager said he banned the ad because it wasn’t in the spirit of the parade. (The article is unclear about whether the ad will run on other affiliates or whether PETA tried to place the ad only on those four affiliates that rejected it.)
In the commercial, a young girl gives thanks for the turkey—and all the unsavory turkey-farming processes that brought it to the table—as surprised and uncomfortable relatives look on. Frankly, I found the commercial rather amusing, as well as effective in getting the point across. Certainly it is less outrageous than some of PETA’s past ads (for instance, women cavorting provocatively with vegetables). And I know that I find ads for, say, erectile-dysfunction medicine, not in the spirit of many of the shows I watch!
To see the ad for yourself, go here.
