Carl's Jr. selling "Smut Burgers", says "Morality in Media"

[Bluebear]

Contact: Robert Peters of Morality in Media, 212-870-3222, 212-870-3210, [e-mail]

NEW YORK, May 26, /Christian Wire Service/-- On May 23, a California mother with elementary school children called Morality in Media to complain about a new Carl's Jr. ad airing on broadcast TV starring Hilton Paris. Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media, had the following comment:

"First it was Hugh Hefner, who founded a sex empire that in the 1950s brought soft core pornography into the mainstream and that now pumps hardcore pornography into millions of homes via pay TV channels, using sexual innuendo to promote Carl's Jr. fast food.

"Now it is Paris Hilton, whose rise to fame hinged in part on a pornographic home video featuring none other than Paris herself, performing in a lascivious manner to promote Carl's Jr. fast food.
"The Paris Hilton ad is also being used on the www.SpicyParis.com and www.hardees.com websites to promote the popular Hardee's, another chain owned by CKE Restaurants, Inc.

"I would still object to the Hilton ad, but at least I would understand if the ad were promoting a company like Abercrombie & Fitch that decided it didn't need the business of mature adults.

"But I don't see how Carl's Jr. and Hardee's can prosper without the patronage of millions of adults who are concerned about the erosion of decency in the mainstream media and the effects that pornography and 'popular culture' (like the prurient Carl's Jr. ad) are having on youth.

"Barring an emergency, I won't be stopping at Carl's Jr. or Hardee's in the future, and I would encourage other adults who are concerned about the decline of moral values to also pass them by.

"I would also encourage adults who see the Paris Hilton ad on broadcast TV and who are offended by it to make an indecency complaint to the Federal Communications Commission at www.fcc.gov. The FCC defines indecent to include patently offensive depictions of sexual activities; and if the oozing with sex performance by Paris Hilton didn't depict sexual activities, what did it depict? As the ad's director put it in an interview, 'One of the things you can expect to see is pure hotness.'


http://www.earnedmedia.org/mim0526.htm

[KlatooBNikto]

1. Knowing the American people,if Carl,Jr's decided to call them

Smutburgers, they will fly off the shelves especially if they came wrapped in containers having the photographs of the Pet of the Month.

[WI_DEM]

2. that lady in the picture looks like she wants a "smut burger"

and is praying for it.

[MADem]

5. Whaddaya wanna bet half the flock of those fundy churches

...stop by the joint after services, just to check it out.

They'll be disappointed that the counter servers aren't wearing those Paris commercial outfits, no doubt...

[Cha]

28. From her sticker..she

deserves one.

[Deep13]

3. Stop at Hardee's, it's an emergency!

We need to investigate these smut-burgers. We need to find out where they are, how much they cost and where I can get one.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. "Barring an emergency?"

What possible emergency would that entail? Massive muchies following 10 bong hits?:shrug:

[proud patriot]

11. LOL ...I was thinking the same thing

:rofl:

[edbermac]

6. Furburgers?

:evilgrin:

[central scrutinizer]

23. and for dessert......

no, I won't type it but you know.

[aden_nak]

7. That lady may not know it, but she NEEDS a smutburger.

[ComerPerro]

8. Seriously... Are these people insane?

[blondeatlast]

14. Yes. nt

[Bluebear]

16. Yes. They are. nt

[kliljedahl]

22. Rhetorical question, right?

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[ComerPerro]

31. It was, at one time. But I am really starting to wonder

I mean, what is wrong with them?????

Something, somewhere, is causing this disconnect.

[Ruby Romaine]

9. You want to know the funny part? Carl Karcher is a pro fetus repuke

from Orange County, California!

[HockeyMom]

13. Wonder what they think of Hooters?

There was a case not long ago where a father brought his infant son in there for lunch. Some nutcase wanted to charge him with endangering the welfare of a minor. Remember that one? ROFL

The baby probably looked around and thought he was getting his "lunch" too.

[Cha]

29. I somehow figured they were

a repuke co. Probably remembered it from past DU readings.

I love it when they start eating their own.:popcorn: :patriot:

[driver8]

10. "Slut burgers"?? I'll take two!! Oh, you said "Smut burgers"...

...hell, I'll take two of those!

I guess the lines at Hardee's and Carl's Jr. will be shorter for us "morally bankrupt" types that choose to eat there.

Let me see, hamburger chain uses sexual innuendoes to sell burgers...that is outrageous!

President kills thousands of people based on lies...no worries.

Hmmm...I think the fundies might have their priorities out of whack.

[begin_within]

12. Isn't Carl Karcher, Jr., of Carl's Jr., himself a fundy or a RW donor?

I always heard that Carl Karcher, Jr. was a big-time right-winger who donated heavily to the right - and now they're turning on him because of a silly porn-style commercial? Talk about biting the hand that feed them.

[Ruby Romaine]

15. he's pro-fetus unless the fetus is gay !

there were boycotts of Carls Jr
in the past because of his politics-

[begin_within]

32. There ought to be boycotts because of the quality of their food. (: o).. .

[Democracy White]

17. Smutburgers?

Hell, I'll take some!

Ok, I don't care for Paris that muchand maybe the ad is a bit distasteful, but hey in this society sex sells and there ain't nothing we can do about it.

I hate it when fundies get their panties in a twist over something like this but don't care if were at war with the "evil Muslims" and worship the Chimp who is so corrupt in Christianity that it would make Jesus blush a hundred times over.

What fucked up minds!

Dee

[Rob H.]

18. I'll have two Smut Burgers with an order of Fornication Fries, please.

:silly:

[0007]

25. Would you like a little Smegma sauce on your bugers?

[tamtam]

19. I think Carl's Jr

knew they were going to get this reaction and wanted the free publicity. The commercial is pretty steamy and will get your attention in a heartbeat. Especially since Paris is so popular right now. I have to admit I was a little surprised when the commercial first aired. After seeing it a couple of times it lost it's shock value. I think this commercial received it's desired affect.

[autorank]

20. Alert!!! Buy Karls Jr. Stock -- teens flock in droves for smut burger

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

21. With genyoooine FRENCH fries! Oh the horror! nt

:rofl:

[progressivebydesign]

24. I'm not a prude, not a hag (as some would accuse me for saying this)..

.. BUT.. the ad is pretty awful and is basically soft-porn. I cannot fathom why Paris Hilton is famous other than the sex tapes. I cannot fathom why Carl's Jrs. always has the worst commercials.. ever. I know scads of people that are so grossed out by the ads that they haven't eaten there in years. I haven't had burger or taco chain fast food in almost 10 years.

The ad is skanky and gross.. and I'm so damn sick of women being portrayed as nothing more than breasts and sexual organs.

[Bluebear]

26. I agree with your point about breasts selling burgers

Believe me. But what gets me is these "concerned morality" types never say squat about 100,000 people dying in Iraq. Janet Jackson and Carl's Jr. get the brunt of their ire.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

27. Dear California mother with elementary school children:

Say hello to Mr. Remote Control. He is your friend. He goes click click. He changes the channel. He makes bad things go away. (yay!)

If you plop your little ones in front of the TV without supervision, Mr. Remote Control cannot be your friend.

Why won't you let Mr. Remote Control be your friend?

:D

[meganmonkey]

30. And how many concerned moms use that shampoo with the orgasm commercials?

If they stopped buying products that use sex in ads, they'd be pretty much naked and dirty all the time.

Which would probably do them some good :P