Radio Hosts Lose a Sponsor After a Routine About ****

[coolyellowbus]

A representative for Trojan condoms said yesterday that the company would no longer advertise on the “Opie & Anthony” show on a CBS-owned FM station in New York after a guest on another version of the show, on XM satellite radio, mused about sexually assaulting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, leading to a vulgar discussion.


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[patbattlefield]

and so it begins

[mendozathejew]

ny times with more biased inaccurate reporting why am I surprised

[mendozathejew]

A representative for Trojan condoms said yesterday that the company would no longer advertise on the “Opie & Anthony” show on a CBS-owned FM station in New York after a guest on another version of the show, on XM satellite radio, mused about sexually assaulting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, leading to a vulgar discussion.
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Anthony Cumia, left, and Gregg (Opie) Hughes, “Opie & Anthony.”

“The Trojan brand is committed to advancing the sexual health of those who choose to be sexually active,” James Daniels, vice president of marketing for Trojan condoms, a division of the Church & Dwight Company, said in a statement. “The recent comments made on the ‘Opie & Anthony’ show are inconsistent with that commitment.”

Trojan is the second advertiser in a week to announce it was withdrawing advertising from the so-called terrestrial radio version of “Opie & Anthony,” broadcast weekday mornings in New York on WFNY-FM (92.3), before the version heard only on XM. On May 4 a representative from the New York State Lottery said that it would discontinue its commercials on the FM show after a comedian who is a regular guest could be heard asking, “Would it be possible, could you whistle ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ while I **** a girl?”

The comedian, Jim Norton, was speaking to another guest, a professional whistler, in an old interview replayed on the FM show on April 25. (The comment was an apparent reference to the 1971 movie “A Clockwork Orange,” which was not mentioned.)

Gregg Hughes and Anthony Cumia, the hosts of “Opie & Anthony,” apologized yesterday on both their shows for the bit referring to Ms. Rice, a discussion in which they had joined. The segment, which was initiated by a guest known as Homeless Charlie and was featured Wednesday only on the XM show, also included graphic discussion of a similar attack on Laura Bush. The bit was widely circulated on the Internet on Thursday.

“We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9,” the hosts said. “We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused.”

Asked whether XM would discipline the hosts, Nathaniel Brown, a spokesman for the company, said yesterday that he had no comment, beyond a statement issued on Thursday: “We deplore the comments made on Wednesday’s ‘Opie & Anthony Show.’ ”

Karen Mateo, a spokeswoman for CBS Radio, also had no comment, beyond the following statement: “Fortunately, we have standards that did not and would not ever let something like this make our air.”

[iSpeakEloquent]

well i guess its time to boycott......oh wait already been there

[Rev]

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Published: May 12, 2007
A representative for Trojan condoms said yesterday that the company would no longer advertise on the “Opie & Anthony” show on a CBS (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/cbs_corporation/index.html?inline=nyt-org)-owned FM station in New York after a guest on another version of the show, on XM satellite radio, mused about sexually assaulting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/condoleezza_rice/index.html?inline=nyt-per), leading to a vulgar discussion.
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Anthony Cumia, left, and Gregg (Opie) Hughes, “Opie & Anthony.”



“The Trojan brand is committed to advancing the sexual health of those who choose to be sexually active,” James Daniels, vice president of marketing for Trojan condoms, a division of the Church & Dwight Company, said in a statement. “The recent comments made on the ‘Opie & Anthony’ show are inconsistent with that commitment.”
Trojan is the second advertiser in a week to announce it was withdrawing advertising from the so-called terrestrial radio version of “Opie & Anthony,” broadcast weekday mornings in New York on WFNY-FM (92.3), before the version heard only on XM. On May 4 a representative from the New York State Lottery said that it would discontinue its commercials on the FM show after a comedian who is a regular guest could be heard asking, “Would it be possible, could you whistle ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ while I **** a girl?”
The comedian, Jim Norton, was speaking to another guest, a professional whistler, in an old interview replayed on the FM show on April 25. (The comment was an apparent reference to the 1971 movie “A Clockwork Orange,” which was not mentioned.)
Gregg Hughes and Anthony Cumia, the hosts of “Opie & Anthony,” apologized yesterday on both their shows for the bit referring to Ms. Rice, a discussion in which they had joined. The segment, which was initiated by a guest known as Homeless Charlie and was featured Wednesday only on the XM show, also included graphic discussion of a similar attack on Laura Bush (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/laura_bush/index.html?inline=nyt-per). The bit was widely circulated on the Internet on Thursday.
“We apologize to the public officials for comments that we made on our XM show on May 9,” the hosts said. “We take very seriously the responsibility that comes with our creative freedom and regret any offense that this segment has caused.”
Asked whether XM would discipline the hosts, Nathaniel Brown, a spokesman for the company, said yesterday that he had no comment, beyond a statement issued on Thursday: “We deplore the comments made on Wednesday’s ‘Opie & Anthony Show.’ ”
Karen Mateo, a spokeswoman for CBS Radio, also had no comment, beyond the following statement: “Fortunately, we have standards that did not and would not ever let something like this make our air.”

[LastDeadMouse]

Tell Jimmy to switch brands immediately! Oh, wait...

[cokelogic]

I doubt Charlie would have uses a Trojan condom if he fucked Condoleezza Rice anyway.

Mother Fucker! It was on XM, god dammit! I'm sick with anger.

[irishloon]

Aah, fuck Trojan, their condoms suck anyway. Launch an attack on them, saying that by pulling their support, they are advocating curbing free speech, and we as consumers will not buy their products until they renew their support. Bet they lose more business by our demographic not buying their condoms.

Fucking scumbags. Literally.

[Barbwire Mike]

Trojan is small potatoes. If a boycott is to be threatened, direct it to their parent company:

http://www.churchdwight.com/

That's a LOT of products there are alternatives to.

[cokelogic]

well i guess its time to boycott......oh wait already been there:clap:no bags!

[KaiserDanimal]

Wow, I wouldn't have thought a condom company would be the first to pull out. Meh meh.

[abudabit]

At least they got the ClockWork Orange reference, I'm so sick of these journalists with no sense of humor.

[Rev]

I really can't believe this crap. Now sponsors pull out due to things NOT said on shows they sponsor? Fucking rediculous.

[bushleaguer]

“The Trojan brand is committed to advancing the sexual health of those who choose to be sexually active,” James Daniels, vice president of marketing for Trojan condoms, a division of the Church & Dwight Company, said in a statement. “The recent comments made on the ‘Opie & Anthony’ show are inconsistent with that commitment.”

This makes absoutely no sense.

Going by James Daniel's logic, if homeless Charlie had said he wanted to have protected sex, then it would have been ok, seeing how "sexual health" would have been taken into consideration.

Idiotic.

[pezones]

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[coolyellowbus]

well atleast one company is stepping up to the plate for OnA

Support Free Speech
Say NO to political correctness and censorship. Support the Opie and Anthony Show. Let XM Radio know that you will NOT let special interest groups tell you what to think and how to feel

http://www.nashvillecoffee.com/

[irishloon]

Maybe they're pulling their support because Homeless Charlie failed to properly plug their product as planned.

I wouldn't use a bag on either of them, either. Neither of those ladies pussies gets enough use to need one of those. They probably need a gallon of Crisco and a dustbuster to get into those shriveled holes.....

[pezones]

well atleast one company is stepping up to the plate for OnA



http://www.nashvillecoffee.com/
thats awesome, im gonna place and order and tell them that it is because of their support of O&A

[cokelogic]

thats awesome, im gonna place and order and tell them that it is because of their support of O&AWell I support O&A, how about buying a cokelogic cd from itunes?:action-sm

[irishloon]

Well I support O&A, how about buying a cokelogic cd from itunes?:action-sm
Jimmy would be proud of that shameless plug:haha7: :haha7:

[pezones]

hmmm can i drink it with cream and splenda?

[BravoSierra]

All the good lines are already taken. :(

[mendozathejew]

we need homeless charlie to make an apology, outside his refrigerator box

can someone track him down and send him to a news crew

[alclark]

Jimmy would be proud of that shameless plug:haha7: :haha7:

Is that the same Jimmy who is performing at Caroline's this weekend?

[irishloon]

Is that the same Jimmy who is performing at Caroline's this weekend?
Not sure. Best to go to eatabullet.com to find out

[Hog's Big Ben]

On May 4 a representative from the New York State Lottery said that it would discontinue its commercials on the FM show after a comedian who is a regular guest could be heard asking, “Would it be possible, could you whistle ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ while I **** a girl?”

The comedian, Jim Norton, was speaking to another guest, a professional whistler, in an old interview replayed on the FM show on April 25. (The comment was an apparent reference to the 1971 movie “A Clockwork Orange,” which was not mentioned.)

How fucking nice of Jacques The Cocques Steinberg to amend his article from last week to get the facts in. What a motherfucking douchebag asshole non-researching piece of shit journali...dickhole this worthless sack of cunt is. Goddammit, he's #2 after Mancow on my list of most biased mediawhoring testiclesniffing turdsuckers. God dammit. I write better than him. Where's my fucking cushy job at the Times??? :mad4:



At least they got the ClockWork Orange reference, I'm so sick of these journalists with no sense of humor.

He only got it after we bombarded the asshole through The Times' e-mail form. He wrote about the Lottery people last week, but left out Norton and the Clockwork Orange part. Pretty fucking sad that a "respected" New York Times journalist needs to have his articles fact-checked by the likes of us.

[irishloon]

How fucking nice of Jacques The Cocques Steinberg to amend his article from last week to get the facts in. What a motherfucking douchebag asshole non-researching piece of shit journali...dickhole this worthless sack of cunt is. Goddammit, he's #2 after Mancow on my list of most biased mediawhoring testiclesniffing turdsuckers. God dammit. I write better than him. Where's my fucking cushy job at the Times??? :mad4:
Don't beat around the bush, dude. Just come RIGHT out and say what's on your mind. No need to be cryptic.:icon_wink

[mendozathejew]

we need to contact the XM sponsors and let them know that we support them for being on XM. otherwise, not so much

[CTDennis85]

We should all stop using Trojans..... tell people they dont support free speech......maybe set an example of what happens when you pull out of the O&A show.....

Who needs condoms anyway.... it'll just help spread the Virus that much quicker... meh meh...

[mendozathejew]

http://www.xmradio.com/sponsors/a-z.xmc


time for us to contact the sponsors imo. sharpton is gona do it, why shouldnt we

[danny666]

Again this douchebag Jacques Steinberg is doing his hacky calling sponsors if you agree to cancel I'll mention you in the NY Times gimmick. Be original you lazy hack.

All it will take is for Homeless Charlie to NOT issue an apology and it will show what a BS story this really is. I mean it will take pictures of this black bum to show the press what a non-story this is. The pests need to have Homeless Charlie wearing a free speech shirt, because it is basically that bum's free speech that is the issue. The New York Times is against homeless people speaking out against public officials.

Trojan condoms has proved they are a right wing company. They have dissed the millions of males who listen to the O and A show, and homeless people and sided with the unpopular Rice and Bush who are against condom usage anyway.

[mendozathejew]

at what point does cbs say enough is enough? are they gona fire their 3rd nyc based show in little more than a month?

I mean losing alot of sponsors is awful for business. but if they fire another radio show they are basically saying, we will fire anyone if a group complains about something they said.

is that really worse for business than losing sponsors?

[elitemrp]

time to have lots of unprotected sex and sue trojan for the child support

[BaLZaC~308]

heres a sponsor who said they would stay with OnA

http://fullblownaids.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11868

support these guys if you can, they are doing the right fucking thing

[elitemrp]

heres a sponsor who said they would stay with OnA

http://fullblownaids.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11868

support these guys if you can, they are doing the right fucking thing

been looking for some good whole bean coffee lately.. just ordered 4 pounds, thanks!

[BaLZaC~308]

been looking for some good whole bean coffee lately.. just ordered 4 pounds, thanks!


good shit... Im ordering angelfuck some also


we all should show these guys that standing up is worth something

[THE FEZ MAN]

i got snipped, fuck trojen

[MrUgly]

i cant take this bs anymore. people acting as though this shit really matters while bigger things that actually affect us are in play. drudge's site should be hacked

[greensnacks]

full article here (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/arts/music/12radi.html?_r=6&ref=media&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin)

They opened an opportunity for new sponsors to a target a unique audience.

Who sells coat hangers?

[NortonsGravyLeg]

I really wish this hadn't happened before a weekend. This is going to fester in the media and these assholes will continue to drive this into the ground until it culminates in them getting fired from both formats. I know they sounded confident yesterday that they would be on the air on Monday but as I watch the news and this goes on I just worry a little more and maybe I should just turn the TV off. I just really think it was as shitty timing if there ever was. These cunts were just waiting for a second to pounce on them, who knew it would be this though.

[GonzoRadio]

The whole basis of their commercials is about dudes being able to fuck random whores and not get a disease or knock them up and THEY want a show censored? Give me a fucking break.

Let them pull their advertising, they'll be right back where they started. O&A own the 18-30something male market. Now I'd hate to be Sammy Statistics, but me thinks thats the condom buying market. Something tells me that the LiteFM crowd are not the ones buying condoms....hell, I part of me think they'd object to having Trojan commercials running on the station.

[Vyce]

Ridiculous.

[talljimmy0]

No surprise here considering that the NYT is owned by CIA operatives and they helped cover up the OKC bombing.

[TELL'UMFRED]

http://www.xmradio.com/sponsors/a-z.xmc


time for us to contact the sponsors imo. sharpton is gona do it, why shouldnt we
I agree, I'll make that today's project.

[ginaf20697]

Don't forget, buy GENERIC baking soda! God only knows why you would need that crap to be a name brand anyway.

[TELL'UMFRED]

A condom manufacturer, so uptight, they wish to cancel advertising with CBS, due to comments made by a homeless man, on a subscriber based radio show, about three women, all public figures, who travel with so much security that this same homeless man could not get within miles of them. this is insane.

[krisko]

i love that this company, one that makes promiscuous sex with no repricussions possible, is taking the moral high ground on this one...pick a fucking side

[Plunkies]

I hope Trojan's upper management gets aids and they all slowly die of irony.

[krisko]

I hope Trojan's upper management gets aids and they all slowly die of irony.
:clap: :clap: :clap:

[UFDfireman]

They opened an opportunity for new sponsors to a target a unique audience.

Who sells coat hangers?


:icon_mrgr :clap: :haha7:

[vaglvr]

I fucking hate Jaques Steinberg, that fuck has it out for O and A and he writes his opinion pieces all the time under the guise of radio news column. Fuck him.

Maybe someone can get a letter to the editor through. This is his third straight article bashing o and a.

Letters to the Editor: letters@nytimes.com

[madbam]

Wow, I wouldn't have thought a condom company would be the first to pull out. Meh meh.

That sir is HILARIOUS...HILARIOUS ppl (James Norton voice):clap::clap::clap:

[WhateverMJ]

I implore everyone to use that link provided earlier in the thread to send Church and Dwight an email telling them just how much you love their decision to pull advertising.

Don't forget to start with a hum-dinger of an opening line, like "I will no longer be purchasing any Church & Dwight products", then go on to explain why. Be smart pests here folks, this is the shit they've been doing against us for years.

http://www.churchdwight.com/consumer_info/consumer/consumer.asp

[geko29]

Ordered 3lbs of coffee from Nashville. I go through about 2lbs a month, ALWAYS purchased locally. This is the first time in my life I've EVER mailordered coffee, and with the stand these guys are taking, it most assuredly won't be the last.

Bravo, Nashville Coffee! You have earned yourself (another) customer!

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Trojan the preferred condom for rapists, everywhere you want to be.

[Opies_Big_Head]

I bought some coffee as well as sending Nashville Coffee an email thanking them.

I also sent an email to Church & Dwight saying the following

I choose not to support a company that does not support my right to free speech and instead decides to run and hide from the pressure of special interest groups.

You will be receiving a package in the mail with all the products I own that bear your logo.

Thank you for your time

This email has been sent to the nytimes.

I was under the impression that the NY times was supposed to have integrity. That their journalists ( I use that term loosely ) are supposed to have integrity.

I believe Mr. Steinberg has a personal axe to grind with Opie and Anthony and further more I believe he is willing to manufacture news in order to get himself more fame.

It should not be the job of a journalist to behave like special interest groups. They should report the facts.

Mr. Steinberg should not be allowed to continue has biased reporting habits.

Can someone post a list of emails for the shows advertisers?

Let's keep the pressure up.

[jpc165]

Who the fuck uses condoms anyway?

I haven't used one in years. Gotta love the ol' baby killing pills.

[ThatsNotFunny]

This is fine with me, since they never made 'em in my size:

http://www.marok.org/Arte/Mix/micropenis.jpg

[cuntsore]

Trojans are terrible. I took Lil' Jimmy's advice and bought LIFESTYLES DISC CONDOMS.

[Plunkies]

http://www.churchdwight.com/consumer_info/consumer/consumer.asp

I just sent them a message, I encourage everyone else to do the same.

[uptown]

Stuff like this, you never really know their motivations. Maybe they were locked into a contractual obligation to sponsor the show for X months, and they didn't feel they were seeing their return. There could be a clause in the contract that allows them to withdraw in a situation like this ... thus, they yank their sponsorship ... and save some money. Not idea if this is the case ... but I'm just saying you never really know what the motivations of a sponsor are. To them, it's really just about selling their product & making money.

[WhateverMJ]

Stuff like this, you never really know their motivations. Maybe they were locked into a contractual obligation to sponsor the show for X months, and they didn't feel they were seeing their return. There could be a clause in the contract that allows them to withdraw in a situation like this ... thus, they yank their sponsorship ... and save some money. Not idea if this is the case ... but I'm just saying you never really know what the motivations of a sponsor are. To them, it's really just about selling their product & making money.

So we're supposed to not express dissatisfaction with them based on a theoretical business motive rather than what they said publically about pulling their ads?

[King Jumungus]

who still uses condoms for birth control? I always pull and pray. I also have my Jim Norden at home AIDS testing kit. I make all the skanks use it.

[carman]

We all pay a premium for the services of XM. One has nothing to do with the other. How can you put a pron star on a reality TV show and not BLAME him for the things he did on Cable TV or Videos...Hes not fucking on the Regular TV but O and A didn't say that shit on regular radio either.... ITS ALL BULLSHIT DOUBLE STANDARDS!!!!

[weeniewawa]

Ordered 3lbs of coffee from Nashville. I go through about 2lbs a month, ALWAYS purchased locally. This is the first time in my life I've EVER mailordered coffee, and with the stand these guys are taking, it most assuredly won't be the last.

Bravo, Nashville Coffee! You have earned yourself (another) customer!
X2

[tonypop]

i got snipped, fuck trojen


x2

[krisko]

i just emailed them...i'm boycoting, their products stink anyways

[turdfrgsn]

Aah, fuck Trojan, their condoms suck anyway. Launch an attack on them, saying that by pulling their support, they are advocating curbing free speech, and we as consumers will not buy their products until they renew their support. Bet they lose more business by our demographic not buying their condoms.

Fucking scumbags. Literally.

or, we could all set up webistes and issue press releases condemning trojan for promoting promiscuous sex and also condemning the lottery for promoting the vice of gambling, and for the fact that such a lottery is really an subsidized tax on the poor and highly addictive

it's easy
prnewswire.com
anybody can get a press release on there
the wire services (ap, upi, reuters, etc) all troll that site (and others like it) daily and typically run w/the most controversial/weird/unusual/"newsworthy" ones

[Michael Ryder]

Fuck them. Who needs them. When this makes the show bigger I'm sure Lifestyles will buy air time at a higher price. The good people at Trojan can flush their petty little sponsership down the toilet, get Aids and go fuck their mothers. Tee Hee.

[TheCableNazi]

(The comment was an apparent reference to the 1971 movie “A Clockwork Orange,” which was not mentioned.)


Yeah, because comedians always have to explain their jokes... dipshit. Hell, if that were true, I might understand more of Dennis Miller's ramblings.



also, I don't drink coffee, but I just ordered a couple mugs.

[Jambi]

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Thanks for the info. Just sent an email.

[Jeff G.]

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Here's a copy of the email I just fired off to them. You can email Church and Dwight through their contact page:

Dear Sirs/Madams:

I am writing you today to express my outrage and disapointment in your company for pulling your advertising from the Opie and Anthony show. This flagrant slap in the face to our nation's first amendment is appalling. While you certainly have the right to place your advertising dollars whereever you choose to, the fact that you have chosen this route speaks volumes about the lack of character within your company. I, along with the members of my household, will no longer be buying ANY of your products as a result of this poor decision on your part, and you can expect millions of other disapointed consumers thoughout the nation to do the same. Thank you for showing the world that you do no support freedom of speech.

Curtly,

***********
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