Advertising Complaint

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?

shouldn't common decency prevail on a news channel?

There is a LOT of grey here because of the fact that it IS satellite
and not traditional public airwaves. I don't really think anymore
that there is a right "answer" to the problem that would make everyone
happy, so again - isn't it easier to just change the channel???

I would have to say the same freedom of speech you enjoy coming from
MSNBC and CNN is also expressed in their commercials.

Honestly what do you expect from sirius? Its not regulated by the FCC
or any governing body, they can swear, and talk about anything they
want. They can also advertise everything they want. And money
talks.

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]
"

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