US brands taking umbrage with theatre, news interviews
They pull sponsorships and ads over content that they find objectionable, beyond the usual sex and violence
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A PRODUCTION of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in New York's Central Park featuring a look-alike of US President Donald Trump as Caesar. The host of an NBC News Sunday night show interviewing a conspiracy theorist who has claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
Long gone are the days when an advertiser's biggest concern was making sure it did not appear next to pornography online or during the ad breaks on racy TV shows. In this divided post-election world, brands are weighing in on theatre and news interviews, as they grapple with the rapidly spinning wheels of social media, increasingly polarised consumer groups and a new set of potential ills beyond the usual list of sex, violence and crude language.
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