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 Advertising Complaint
Posted Wed March 14, 2012 12:15 am, by Anne S. written to Sirius
Write a Letter to this Company
I have been a SIRIUS customer for the past two years. Before I detail my complaint, I want to share my demographic information with you. Politically, I am moderate. I have some conservative views and some liberal views, depending on the issue. I am not particularly religious, nor to I consider myself to be a prude. At 37 years old, I can count on one hand the number of times I have written a complaint letter (including this one).
Twice in the past week, I was listening to two of your news channels, MSNBC and CNN respectively. I was listening between the hours of 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm with my children in the car. Both channels played an advertisement from the webstie Ashley Madison, which is an online site matching people seeking to have affairs. Having to listen to a trite jingle enticing married people into affairs is offensive. Hearing it while listening to the NEWS while taking my CHILDREN to sports practice is an assault on my family. Had I been listening to your Playboy, Spice or Cosmo channel, I still wouldn't have liked the ad, but simply would have changed the channel.
It is difficult enough to raise children and keep families intact these days. Each day, I defend my family against some type of destructive influence - drugs, alcohol, obesity, materialism, racism, violence, bullies, school shootings, internet pornography, eating disorders and pedophiles, to name a few. I don't have a choice in encountering some of these dangers while raising my family. I do, however, have a choice of where I spend our family's money and how I obtain news information.
As long as these ads are running on the MSNBC and CNN channels, I will not be listening to those channels. Nor will I be watching those channels on television, or visiting their websites. Furthermore, I refuse to spend my family's resources for a premium radio service that shows such little regard for the families paying for your service. Unless this changes, I will not be renewing my SIRIUS subscription.
Remove advertising from ashleymadison.com
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by DiamondSingle Posted Thu May 31, 2012 @ 1:13 PM
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I totally agree with you. I just cancelled my account today.
I disagree with the critics who site freedom of speech concerns in
several of the replies to your original post. There is nothing
illegal about these ads or the company that pays for them. There is
also, however, nothing ethical or moral about the ads to warrant
SiriusXM broadcasting.
Good job and I support you. How do we get others to understand why
paid advertisements from AshleyMadison should not be accepted by
SiriusXM?
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Really??
by jeishere Thu March 15, 2012 @ 1:09 PM
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by jeishere Posted Tue March 20, 2012 @ 9:29 AM
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...but I don't think anyone is paying to listen to the advertising or
would care much if the ashley madison ads were replaced by other ad.
If it came down to listening to these ads more paying more
subscription fee, I'm sure many people would take the ads.
My point is that if a lot of people made the same complaint, maybe
sirius will make some changes. I think its good the the OP let the
company know the feedback and why they may not renew their
subscription
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by PepperElf Posted Tue March 20, 2012 @ 10:04 AM
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that way you can't complain about advertisements cos you don't hear
them
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No...
by jeishere Wed March 21, 2012 @ 1:27 PM
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Really??
by jeishere Wed March 21, 2012 @ 1:33 PM
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by PepperElf Posted Wed March 14, 2012 @ 2:28 AM
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You know this is just going to get people here looking up
ashleymadison just to see what it's about.
According to the wiki the site is "Ashley Madison is an online dating
service and social network service marketed primarily to people who
are already in a relationship.[1] The website was launched in
2001.[2][3]
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The problem may be that it doesn't specifically say "MARRIED" but in a
relationship. Not all relationships are marriages.
As for the advertising - you might want to consider contacting sirius
to find out who is actually in charge of selling advertising blocks.
if it's anything like regular radio the contracts aren't always with
the "radio shows" but with the networks. In regular radio that is
often a mix of contracts of both local (contracted with the station)
and nation-wide (contracted with the network).
In satellite radio i can understand where you'd assume that say "The
Math Channel" might specifically handle their own contracts but, a
quick look at Sirius suggests that the contracting may also include
contracts with the system itself not just the specific channel.
http://www.siriusxm.com/contactus
So you might want to shoot them an email at their contact page to find
out who really authorized the advertising.
Although I personally scoff at MSNBC and CNN for political reasons...
I would still suggest finding out if it's something they personally
authorized or something they cannot directly control
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