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 A Jon Stewart skit that referenced "vagina mangers" has angered a conservative Catholic group.
May 8th, 2012
05:12 PM ET
Delta pulls 'Daily Show' ads over 'vagina manger' skitBy Dan Gilgoff and Dave Alsup, CNN (CNN) - Delta Air Lines has pulled its advertising from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” over a skit in which Stewart featured a picture of a manger in between a naked woman’s legs, the company said Tuesday. In the April skit, Stewart jokingly encouraged women to use “vagina mangers” to “protect their reproductive organs from unwanted medical intrusions.” In a statement Tuesday, Delta Air Lines spokesperson Leslie Parker said that “We're always re-evaluating our advertising opportunities and updating our strategy in an effort to reach our desired audience.” “Delta doesn't discriminate nor do we condone discrimination in regard to age, race, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or gender,” Parker’s statement continued. She said that Delta made the decision to pull its ads on Thursday. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories The Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, a conservative group that has waged a weeks-long campaign pressuring Stewart to apologize for the skit, had pressured Delta and other Comedy Central advertisers to pull their Daily Show ads. Catholic League President Bill Donohue has encouraged a boycott of Kellogg’s because it has declined to pull its spots. On Tuesday, Donohue announced that he’d sent a letter to the leadership at Viacom, the corporate parent of Comedy Central, which airs “The Daily Show.” “You should be as offended as we are,” the letter said. “But if you are not, consider a picture of your own mother inserted there instead. Perhaps you now understand how the 80% of the nation that is Christian feel.” Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter “What Stewart did wasn’t a joke,” Donohue’s letter continued. “It was hate speech. We could have pressed for him to be fired, but we did not. All we want is an apology.” Media representatives at Comedy Central did not immediately respond to a request for comment. At a stand-up appearance in Florida last month, Stewart acknowledged the Catholic League’s campaign against him, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance," Stewart said, decrying what he called the cable news-fueled “outrage machine.” soundoff (2,495 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Next »
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Perhaps advertisers and religious PACs should review some of the sleaze that their chosen legislators have proposed to be put into law with regard to specifics of probes, wait-periods and intrusive counseling targeting women of child bearing capabilities.
The skit was funny. The catholics don't like it because it was based on truth. End of story.
Not like I'd ever fly Delta (They charge 3x more than they should), but there is a line of advertisers just waiting to get spots on the Daily Show. They won't be missed.
The Daily Show is comedy & satire folks. If you don't like it, change the channel as I've done with Rush and Howard Stern over the years. As a Catholic, Bill Donohoe does NOT represent me or speak for me. His bigotry and insecurity are his issues, not ours. I suggest he seek therapy for them.
You can complain to DELTA at: https://www.delta.com/emailus/servlet/EmailUs?cmd=go if you want to give them pressure from the other side.
If I were to complain to Delta, it would be about bag fees and delayed flights, not their advertising policy.
On the other hand, I've done exactly the same thing to Delta as Delta has done to the Daily Show. I've withdrawn my support.
On the drawing board is a skit where Stewart appears as the Prophet with his beloved camel. The entire studio audience will receive an autographed picture of Stewart in costume signed, "Mohammed." Naw. He's too big of a lily-livered coward to do that. That's the bigger joke.
You got it.
You know, sortakinda, this is the internet. If you think that is funny (I don't and am offended) then you can get a page (it only takes a little intelligence) and can post your (sick, twisted) humor. The only one who is a coward is the one who has the idea and is too lilly-livered to go through with it–ball in your court/page. Are you brave enough or not?
“I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance," Stewart said, decrying what he called the cable news-fueled “outrage machine.”
Right on. There's a man that understands the freedom of speech. As for the Catholic League: Shame on you for being so anti-capitalism.
The d-baggery of ("The Catholic League" = Bill Donohue and a PC) will insure more Christian kids will be the atheists of tomorrow.
Amen to that, brother!
I like how it's spun that Delta "choose" to drop the ads.
If you're being pressured by a right wing christian extremist group I don't think there is much choice involved.
HAHAHA, an airline that gouges fliers over everything is making a political stance!! HAHAHA!
Boycott the Catholic Church.
STEWARD IS A RACIST LIBERAL
Who is "Steward"?
A racist who believes in a philosophy of tolerance, equality, and common sense? HAHAHAHA!
For someone named "just the facts" you don't seem to have any to back you up.
HAHA! Justthe facts forgot the facts! What a maroon.
I'm a Catholic and thought it was funny, this is just some old extreme religious folks that don't have a sense of humor. It was controversial but that's what he does, very religious people shouldn't be watching this show anyways.
Yet again, the Catholic church has the gall to point fingers at someone... especially someone like John Stewart who's one of the few people who exposes the lies and hypocrisy of so many people in our society and actually speaks for the 99%. Oh that's right, he also exposes the hypocrisy, stupidity, immorality, lies and hatred that come from organizations like the Catholic Church. Yeah. Pretty clear why they trying to boycott him. I love John Stewart...especially when he makes fun of ALL Religions.
Keep in mind that the league is a sliver of Catholic extremism, in the same way the taliban is an extremist group from Islam, they are not the church and they do not speak for all Catholics..
hypocritical morons.where they were when thousands of kids got molested by priests.why don't you protest those actions too.
Don't Catholic TV's have more than one channel?
Religion's war on women continued – probably the GOP Teabaggers will jump on next. . .
Has Stewart(!) ever made fun of anything in the Jewish faith? "Thank God I was born a man."
Type in "Jon Stewart makes fun of jews" on Google and see how stupid and uninformed your comment is.
All the time, Richard. Don't you watch his show?
Actually yes he has. He does it all the time on his show and a lot of his great stand up is based on that. You're not allowed to make fun of others if you can't poke fun at yourself.
He makes fun of his own Judaism on an almost nightly basis and never hesitates to make a dig at Israel when he feels it is warranted. . . so yes. . .
All the time.
Wondering if they pulled their advertising from Rush Limbaugh's show as well..
Die Delta
Stewart was right in refusing to apologize. He's a comedian, not a network anchor. His viewers are comedy fans, hence not people who are easily offended. I doubt that any of his viewers were bothered by the joke, but quite certain that most are now boycotting Delta.
Big presumption on your part. Do you think Delta has anyone as wise as you advising them on how to not offend a large part of their customer base?
Hmmm, Comedy/Satire skit = offensive but baggage fees/ booking fee/ check in fee/ meal fee/ entertainment fee = not offensive to consumers