Channel 4 'Bigger. Fatter. Gyspier' ad faces flak online
Channel 4 'Bigger. Fatter. Gyspier' ad faces flak onlineChannel 4 has faced flak online for its billboard ad, promoting the new season of Big Fat Gypsy wedding.
The ad read 'Bigger. Fatter. Gyspier' and had a picture of two children, one in the foreground and another in the background.
In response to a Twitter comment about the ad, Channel 4 said ‘Everyone featured in the posters has seen them and is happy with them. Parental consent was given for the poster campaign’.
A blog post by Ross McCulloch on the ad led to multiple responses, with several people saying they plan to contact the ASA about the ad.
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My 13 year old noticed this massive poster and was upset because she could see that this is so very wrong and bad taste, damaging for the children and community alike -using images of gypsy children to promote a tv programme. This is blatant racism aimed at those in the travelling community.
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Get a life people.
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Can some one tell me what is so offensive about these posters? I've seen a lot more offensive ones for Sofas & the like.
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apparently the ASA don't think its racist either as of today's outcome, isn't the law-breaking, violence etc shown by the folk in the programme not more damaging to their children than non-traveller folk jumping on the do-gooder band wagon
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