Meteor dials up trouble


The Irish Times - Thursday, August 16, 2012


http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0816/1224322254951.html


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METEOR'S NEW television advertisement has lost it a few friends in Ireland's transgender community, with Transgender Equality Network Ireland claiming the ad "negatively depicts transgender people by promoting stereotypes and encouraging a cheap laugh".

The ad, created by Rothco, implores mobile users not to go "to the first bar you find with free wifi", advising them to "go to Meteor.ie" instead, where male customers won't have to endure such experiences as dancing with a very tall woman who, on closer inspection . . .

Wifi company say the ad used models and then shows stupidity by saying the models didn't mind being videoed with drag queens.

Even I would smooch with a drag queen if my fee was high enough...though I would keep a sickie bag ready for him to use if he got sick at having to smooch with a woman.

So on several levels the ad and the response are wrong.