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Somehow, Fox Rejected A JesusHatesObama.com Super Bowl Ad

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Last year, an ad for ManCrunch.com – a gay dating site – was rejected by CBS in its bid to run during the Super Bowl. The resulting backlash from those claiming CBS’ decision was homophobic caused at least one Mediaite editor to wonder whether the ad was itself anti-gay for exploiting sympathies for gay couples in its bid to cause controversy and, thus, gain publicity for an ad aimed at men “on the down low.”

This year, the rejected ad beginning to cause buzz is for a site called, innocently and innocuously, JesusHatesObama.com. Fox, which will air the Super Bowl this year, called the ad “unacceptable.” The site sells merchandise like mugs and T-shirts poking fun at the President and his policies and informs visitors that while they don’t actually believe Jesus hates Obama, they do believe in “the freedom to make fun of the Obama Administration with novelty T-shirts.”

Who knows if their merchandise will be as ubiquitous as the “Good Bush, Bad Bush” T-shirts we used to see across the chest of many an inebriated frat boy, but: We didn’t know of this site yesterday, and now we do. So: Win!

Check out the ad for yourselves:

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  • The Real Royal King

    We have to remember it was FOX “News” nor was it the relatively ad-free “Gle(n)n Beckerhead Olde Tyme Heresy Hour”. They would have gladly and gleefully run it.

  • skyfet

    Even this is too mad for the mad man running Fox. Perhaps it’d be too blatant.

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King said:
    We have to remember it was FOX “News” nor was it the relatively ad-free “Gle(n)n Beckerhead Olde Tyme Heresy Hour”. They would have gladly and gleefully run it.

    If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas.

    Oh, and the “relatively ad-free” comment is still a lie.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    I’m pretty sure, Jesus hated no one. Not even those who murdered him.

  • timzank

    skyfet said:
    Even this is too mad for the mad man running Fox. Perhaps it’d be too blatant.

    You realize of course Einstein, Fox (home of the simpsons) and Fox News are two separate broadcast channels right?

  • timzank

    ImNotBlue said:
    If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas. Oh, and the “relatively ad-free” comment is still a lie.

    He doesn’t watch or he’d know. He just relies on Media Matters tripe.

  • skyfet

    timzank said:
    You realize of course Einstein, Fox (home of the simpsons) and Fox News are two separate broadcast channels right?

    Well The owner is still a madman in my opinion. And Genius, Fox News and Fox Network is own by the smae person. His name is Rupert Murdoch.

    You can thank me later.

    You are very welcome.

  • skyfet

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    I’m pretty sure, Jesus hated no one. Not even those who murdered him.

    Correction Mitchell, Jesus wasn’t murdered. I think executed is the word you were looking for.

  • timzank

    skyfet said:
    Well The owner is still a madman in my opinion. And Genius, Fox News and Fox Network is own by the smae person. His name is Rupert Murdoch. You can thank me later. You are very welcome.

    We’re all aware of the ownership structure Einstein, the point is the programming is diametrically opposed. Fox broadcast is home to Glee, Family Guy, The Simpsons etc…hardly a “right wing” TV line up.

  • ImNotBlue

    timzank said:
    He doesn’t watch or he’d know. He just relies on Media Matters tripe.

    Nah, he just makes stuff up. At least they sorta-kinda attempt to use reality… sometimes… Royal just creates what he wants to be true.

  • The Real Royal King

    ImNotBlue said:
    Nah, he just makes stuff up. At least they sorta-kinda attempt to use reality… sometimes… Royal just creates what he wants to be true.

    I’m pleased to see you back in this persona, Kumquat. You make my job much easier.

  • timzank

    The Real Royal King said:
    I’m pleased to see you back in this persona, Kumquat. You make my job much easier.

    My guess is this IS your only job.

  • writer

    You have a job, King? Then why do you consider it a home invasion any time someone sits on your park bench?

  • skyfet

    timzank said:
    We’re all aware of the ownership structure Einstein, the point is the programming is diametrically opposed. Fox broadcast is home to Glee, Family Guy, The Simpsons etc…hardly a “right wing” TV line up.

    Keep digging! in the end the owner decides how he wants to make his money. He also owns 20th century Fox (Avatar, Titanic, latest Narnia instalment etc). He is a business man and he knows what each markets required to make them successful.
    He created Fox News because there was no market for right leaning news network, he sensed an opening and he took advantage of it in 1996. Fox Network is for general audience and serves entertainment to it’s audience. Murdoch doesn’t really care, what he cares is how to make money, and when it comes to media he knows well how to do it. He has been doing it for years in his Native Australia, UK, Italy etc.
    Don’t think he is your right wing hero, he is just a business man, and people who put faith in Fox News are just his tool for that particular market. That’s all.

  • Penguin60

    Alex, could there be a more leading title? Somehow? Have you seen this type company advertising on Fox in the past?

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    writer says:
    You have a job, King? Then why do you consider it a home invasion any time someone sits on your park bench?

    Hehe. Thanks for my first LOL of the day!

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King said:
    I’m pleased to see you back in this persona, Kumquat. You make my job much easier.

    1- How do I make your job easier?
    2- I think you’re implying that I’m also another persona, when that’s obviously false.
    3- If you have any evidence that I’m multiple people, I’d sure love to see it.
    4- It’s not my fault that your persona is so easily fake. I’d suggest you end TRRK, and start another one (in addition to the others… which can be recognized via speech patterns, insults, and similar insults). This one is a failure, as your reputation for being completely out of your mind is hard to escape.

    skyfet said:
    Keep digging! in the end the owner decides how he wants to make his money. He also owns 20th century Fox (Avatar, Titanic, latest Narnia instalment etc). He is a business man and he knows what each markets required to make them successful.He created Fox News because there was no market for right leaning news network, he sensed an opening and he took advantage of it in 1996. Fox Network is for general audience and serves entertainment to it’s audience. Murdoch doesn’t really care, what he cares is how to make money, and when it comes to media he knows well how to do it. He has been doing it for years in his Native Australia, UK, Italy etc.Don’t think he is your right wing hero, he is just a business man, and people who put faith in Fox News are just his tool for that particular market. That’s all.

    Now if that’s true (and I honestly do believe most of that), why would describe him as “mad?” You recognize that that the views of FNC may not be his own, he’s just a businessman. Is that a bad thing?

  • Alex Alvarez

    Penguin60 said:
    Alex, could there be a more leading title? Somehow? Have you seen this type company advertising on Fox in the past?

    The title was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I’m pretty sure this ad wouldn’t have run on any of the big 4 networks.

  • writer

    Jesus does not hate Obama. He’s just not very fond of him.

  • valkyrie101

    writer said:
    Jesus does not hate Obama. He’s just not very fond of him.

    Don’t be fooled by those ears, Obama is Jesus.

  • writer

    Now that you mention it, valk, I don’t believe the bible mentioned the size of Jesus’ ears.

  • Penguin60

    Alex Alvarez said:
    The title was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I’m pretty sure this ad wouldn’t have run on any of the big 4 networks.

    Well, it generated 21 comments so far. How’s the monitoring going?

  • Alex Alvarez

    Penguin60 said:
    Well, it generated 21 comments so far. How’s the monitoring going?

    Of comments? Pretty swell, as far as I’ve seen. No one has called a fellow commenter a baby-eating Satan worshiping asshole for like a whole week now.

  • skyfet

    ImNotBlue said:

    Now if that’s true (and I honestly do believe most of that), why would describe him as “mad?” You recognize that that the views of FNC may not be his own, he’s just a businessman. Is that a bad thing?

    Glad we agree, but as a businessman who makes his money (any means necessary) legally, which spreads falsehood, sensationalize news story and promoting an immoral society, I think I’m accurate in describing him a a mad man. I could say wicked, but mad man is quite accurate, because he is operating within the local laws.

  • skyfet

    Alex Alvarez said:
    Of comments? Pretty swell, as far as I’ve seen. No one has called a fellow commenter a baby-eating Satan worshiping asshole for like a whole week now.

    You might want to look into Rick Santarum threads.

  • writer

    “No one has called a fellow commenter a baby-eating Satan worshiping asshole for like a whole week now.”

    Oversight.

  • Penguin60

    Alex Alvarez said:
    Of comments? Pretty swell, as far as I’ve seen. No one has called a fellow commenter a baby-eating Satan worshiping asshole for like a whole week now.

    At least not on your threads. Does each writer monitor?

  • Alex Alvarez

    Penguin60 said:
    At least not on your threads. Does each writer monitor?

    I know they do, but I’m not sure to what extent.

  • ROCKSTEADY

    skyfet said:
    Don’t think he is your right wing hero, he is just a business man, and people who put faith in Fox News are just his tool for that particular market. That’s all.

    Very nicely said.

  • Thelonious Funk

    Silly. Jesus doesn’t hate Obama.

    He hates spiders.

  • pakattak

    If Jesus or God exist (which I tend to believe they do) there is no way they would give a flying fuck about America’s politics. Jesus never cared about the Romans, why would he start now?

    In fact, Jesus probably doesn’t care about whether your football team wins the BCS championship either. Or whether someone lives or dies. Or whether you get that shiny new iPad you’ve been eyeing.

    I was raised to believe he loved everyone equally. Christians, Jews, Muslims, murders, rapists, holy men, evil men, politicians, lawyers, Rush Limbaugh and Rachel Maddow.

  • ImNotBlue

    skyfet said:
    Glad we agree, but as a businessman who makes his money (any means necessary) legally, which spreads falsehood, sensationalize news story and promoting an immoral society, I think I’m accurate in describing him a a mad man. I could say wicked, but mad man is quite accurate, because he is operating within the local laws.

    And that would be different than any other person who owns, runs, or works at a news station/newspaper/website… how?

    Madness, by that definition, is pretty popular these days.

  • OxyCon

    Shear stupidity.

  • murphy0071

    The very title suggests that the organization is filled with hubris. To say that you know what Jesus thinks or doesn’t think about any person goes well beyond the pale of decency and should not be part of American sports.

  • valkyrie101

    writer said:
    Now that you mention it, valk, I don’t believe the bible mentioned the size of Jesus’ ears.

    But He did say: “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear”. So obviously Obama has a leg up on that.

  • writer

    With the size of those babies, he can probably hear dog whistles.

  • Truth

    Thank you Fox. That has got to be the stupids commercial I ever seen! It would have been an embarrassment to both the right and the left. The superbowl is seen worldwide.

  • More Liberty3

    Great title. Once again Mediaite shows its bias.

  • Gasket

    Jesus loves socialism.

  • valkyrie101

    Gasket said:
    Jesus loves socialism.

    Yes, He does. And Christ also recognizes both the importance of and necessity of paying taxes: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.”

  • Alex Alvarez

    More Liberty3 said:
    Great title. Once again Mediaite shows its bias.

    Once again: The title was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. There is no way a commercial for anything called “Jesus Hates Obama” would be aired on any of the big four networks. And, perhaps I’m jaded, but I highly suspect the commercial’s creators were very much aware of this.

  • Penguin60

    pakattak said:
    In fact, Jesus probably doesn’t care about whether your football team wins the BCS championship either

    Man, I guess I can stop praying then. That’s tongue-in-cheek.

  • trica

    Oh boy so now Jesus is a socialist hater!

  • Grammie

    Alex Alvarez said:
    perhaps I’m jaded, but I highly suspect the commercial’s creators were very much aware of this.

    .
    Shouldn’t that have been obvious to everyone? IF it had been accepted I have no doubt they could no more afford the going rate than I could.

  • CosmosDan

    Alex Alvarez said:
    No one has called a fellow commenter a baby-eating Satan worshiping asshole for like a whole week now.

    Because adding asshole to that would be redundant. Add SOB at the end and you get to take a jab at their mother at the same time. Much better.

  • gargoyle

    skyfet said:
    Correction Mitchell, Jesus wasn’t murdered. I think executed is the word you were looking for.

    Semantics.

  • poolviking

    Tax the rich.
    Feed the poor .
    Heal the sick.
    Do you really believe jesus was a republican’t?

  • bealzebubba

    I very much doubt there was any intent in getting this site promoted during the super bowl. There’s way too much money required for even a 15 second commercial during that event which is far too much of a gamble for a site that nobody’s ever heard of (unless, of course, there’s some BIG financial backing from someone willing to risk that kind of money).

    This is really a viral attempt at faux-controversy which will promote a website who’s founders knew very well would not get air time during the Superbowl..thus…it’s created a buzz and that’s all they need. Now what happens is the word will get out…people will be curious, regardless of weather they like or dislike Obama, and they will visit the site.

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