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Posted 05.25.2011
Groupon announced on Thursday that it is pulling its controversial Super Bowl commercials from the air. In a blog post, Groupon CEO Andrew Mason apo...
Posted 05.25.2011
Lawrence O'Donnell strongly defended the controversial Super Bowl ads put out by Groupon on his Tuesday show. One of Groupon's ads has drawn fire fro...
Catherine Ventura | Posted 05.25.2011
While most of Cole's provocative ads suggest positive change, his "it's all about me" appropriations of real loss and tragedy, like the Groupon ad, minimize the very real suffering of countries, communities, and cultures.
Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011
Guys, seriously, Groupon did a good thing, okay? Because after they aired that Super Bowl ad about Tibetans-being-oppressed-but-who-gives-a-shit-when-we-can-save-money, we're actually talking about Tibet today.
The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011
This year's Super Bowl had its fair share of funny commercials, but one ad campaign did not have people laughing. Groupon's controversial Tibet co...
Posted 05.25.2011
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason defended his company's controversial Super Bowl ad about Tibet in a blog post on Monday. Mason said that the ad had been misc...
AllThingsD | Tricia Duryee | Posted 05.25.2011
Groupon is planning to respond this afternoon to the thousands of people who flooded its Facebook and Twitter channels, and is pulling the most contro...
The Huffington Post | Craig Kanalley | Posted 05.25.2011
Here's a Super Bowl ad the social media universe quickly voiced displeasure with (and it's raking up many more dislikes than likes on YouTube): Groupo...
Kendrick Nguyen | Posted 12.19.2011