Jon Stewart Loses Delta Airlines As Sponsor Due To 'Vagina Manger' Sketch
As NewsBusters reported last month, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart did a truly vile sketch a few weeks ago displaying a Nativity scene over a woman's vagina.
According to BuzzFeed, Delta Airlines has dropped its sponsorship of the Daily Show as a result [reader discretion advised: offensive graphic displayed below page break]:
Delta spokeswoman Leslie Parker confirmed to BuzzFeed that the airline pulled its advertising last week. Parker said that "We are constantly evaluating our advertising strategy and at this time no longer advertise during The Daily Show," and denied that the decision had anything to do with "any opinions expressed" by the show.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue said the following in his press release regarding the matter:
Over the past two weeks, we sent our complaint about Jon Stewart’s “vagina manger” stunt of April 16 to the major sponsors of “The Daily Show”; we made sure they received a copy of the picture flashed on the screen of a naked woman with her legs spread with a nativity scene ornament in between. We are pleased with Delta’s response, and are awaiting a reply from others, many of which were contacted only this week.
Unfortunately, Donohue didn't get the answer he expected from Kellogg's:
“We understand that our customers come from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, lifestyles, and cultures and we respect their individual decisions to choose the television programs that they deem acceptable for themselves and their families. Consumers speak most loudly when they vote with their remote control and change the channel or turn off the TV if a program does not fit their personal criteria.”
"In other words, Kellogg’s is telling Christians to shove it," wrote Donohue.
NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center founder Brent Bozell said upon hearing the news, "Delta did the easy, simple and decent thing."
As for Kellogg's, "It boggles the mind that all the advertisers are being so irrational defending indecency. The more the customers of Kellogg's learn about their defense of religious bigotry, the more they will flee that brand."
Readers are reminded that shortly after the airing of this disgraceful sketch, Bozell issued Stewart a challenge:
We dare you to prove you are an equal opportunity bigot. Your grotesque stunt displaying a Nativity scene in a vulgar manner to take a jab at Fox News is but the latest in a long line of unacceptable behavior and hypocrisy when it comes to the media’s treatment of traditional Christianity. Doing something similar with the Koran or the Torah is equally offensive. Since you’re so brave to offend Christians, are you equally brave to offend Muslims and Jews? We dare you.
The Daily Show host has yet to accept the challenge.
Color us very unsurprised.
On a related note, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh took a tremendous amount of heat in February for his comments regarding Georgetown University Law student Sandra Fluke.
As you recall, there was much rejoicing in the media when companies dropped their ads from his program.
One hardly imagines Stewart's loss of Delta getting much attention from his fans in the press.
We're certainly not holding our breath.
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What a sick bastard!
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 10:46pm.
What a sick bastard!
Go Delta!!!
Submitted by NC Cop on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 10:53pm.
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=RljdyXeft04
Watch the LIBERALS WHINE about it....
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 11:31am.
Ohhh those mean ole Republicans took our sponsors away they are trying to CENSOR US and SILENCE US.... Call Jessie call Al... no wait its not racial ohh Just call someone..... Meanwhile when they do it to a Conservative its ok.... HYPOCRITES!!!! ............... ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!
He is unafraid
Submitted by frank_andrini on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 10:54pm.
as long as they are not those whose holy book says the infidel must eventually convert or die.
Continuing a tradition
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 11:59pm.
Jon Stewart once again continues a democrat tradition of being vulgar when you have nothing significant to say. My hat is off to Delta Airlines. Well done, Delta.
No doubt George Soros will
Submitted by Slyrr on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 12:02am.
No doubt George Soros will step up and start funneling cash into his pocket. The rich liberals are honor-bound to 'redistribute' their wealth to the failing liberal who lose their viewers and sponsors. Either that, or Obama will just help himself to more of our tax dollars, like he does with NPR, PBS and NBC, and say it's 'stimulus'.....
The most effective voice
Submitted by drsamherman on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 12:09am.
is the one with the dollar signs. I am surprised Jonnie Leibowitz isn't crying CENSORSHIP or DISCRIMINATION like so many other spineless liberals.
link to kellogg's
Submitted by whw on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 5:56am.
http://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/contact-us.html
Let them know you won't support them if they support filth.
Are there any other sponsors we can contact? I would't know - I have never seen this show.
We live in the land of the free because of the brave.
It would have been better
Submitted by TempusFugit on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 12:22am.
if it had been Virgin Airlines
Good one! LOL As for the
Submitted by RR GOP on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 5:43pm.
Good one! LOL
As for the Welles quote in your sig line...at least most of the population is well-armed!
"Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under Communism it's just the opposite."
"All that Communism needs to make it successful is for someone to feed and clothe it."
Screw KELLOGGS
Submitted by LoosMoose on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 1:08am.
OK, so KELLOGGS thinks Jon Stewart is just OK because of his ratings and people vote with their remote control. Well... POST makes Raisin Bran too buster. SCREW Kelloggs.
When the American people start avoiding doing business with these #$%ards that treat us this way, you will see another side of Captialism... and one that is SORELY missing in America today.
Thankyou Kellogs
Submitted by Ozconservative on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 1:38am.
I have one more reason NOT to purchase your crappy, tasteless product.....
Delta has shown character.
Submitted by clancie on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 7:56am.
Delta has shown character. I'll make them my airline of choice.
Stewart is foul, dirty character, as well as a political bigot, who shouldn't be on TV at all.
It's very easy to Google
Submitted by cristo on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 9:08am.
It's very easy to Google Kellegg, go to its website and click on "Contact Us" in the upper right hand corner of the page and send them an email telling them you are removing all Kellegg products from the home and will no longer purchase Kellegg products. And spell it "Kellegg," it will piss them off just a little more.
I think the Kashi products are also Kelloggs for fellow
Submitted by Lipton on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 9:25am.
boycotters. We don't eat much Kelloggs at my house. Lucky Charms rule the day.
Wow
Submitted by chiefpayne on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 11:26am.
I just MAY start FLYING again...if it's on Delta!
Otherwise...NAH.
Johnny Stupid
Submitted by telecaster on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 12:28pm.
What do you expect from a moronic little boy who doesn't have the guts to insult cultures who he knows would cut of his empty head if he spewed the same filth their way? No, Stewart is exactly what he appears to be.....a brain dead, cowardly liberal schnook who never grew up. He goes for targets that don't scare him. What a waste of oxygen.
Bigot loses advertisers
Submitted by OxyCon on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 12:59pm.
What a shame. There's always HBO and their non-standards.
Where's a list of the
Submitted by truckinmann on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 1:23pm.
Where's a list of the advertisers for his program so I can boycott them. I never watch his show, so I don't know who supports it. I don't want my money going to support these types of heathens.
I sent an email to Delta thanking them. Other flyers of that
Submitted by Lipton on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 1:33pm.
airline might consider doing the same.
Waiting but not holding my breathe.
Submitted by desert3030 on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 1:40pm.
For Mr. S. to get the nads and do a "news report" on Islam.
Jon Stewart and his insult to Christians
Submitted by Steve Cakouros on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 6:57pm.
Stewart is a Christ hater.
I'm sure he thinks that he is righteous. His type will always find ways to assure themselves that they want nothing more than to promote the common good. You know, to enlighten us about the awful plight of women in this country that have to spend as much as nine dollars a month on birth control pills.
The Liberal Left is blind to its real motives. It really wants to wound Jesus Christ. Stewart is a Liberal which means that he did not have to be born a Jew to be a Christ hater. He only had to become a Liberal.
JON THE MONKEY STEWART LOSES DELTA
Submitted by ABUTOM on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 6:02pm.
JON THE MONKEY JUST WENT INTO COMPETITION WITH BILL PLO DANCER MAHER. IT IS A CLEAR CASE OF PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY. WHO CAN SHET ON AMERICA THE MOST. JON THE MONKEY IS VERY THIN SKINNED AND NEEDS TO GO TEN ROUNDS WITH REVEREND MOTHER. HE GOT HIS MONKEY REP ON CNN WHEN HE WAS ASKED A SET UP QUESTION. WHO WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE USA?
HE JUMPED UP AND WALKED OFF THE STAGE SAYING YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF ME. HE THREW HIS BANANAS AT THE AUDIENCE. WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A ROOM MATE OF ANTHONY WEASEL WIENER. A FLAG BURNER AND A PBA BABY KILLER.
THANK YOU DELTA FOR WAKING US UP TO BAD TASTE. I HOPE OTHER SPONSORS FOLLOW SUIT AND DAMM COMUNIST CENTRAL. MAY JON THE MONKEY SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS TED KENNEDY AND GEORGE CARLIN THE DRUG SALESMAN. WHO ARE CONSIGNED FOREVER TO BOILER NO. 3.
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Hmm...I note this is your second post in six months.
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 6:11pm.
My advice: Cut back.
Jer