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targets commercial that's almost a year-old. Apparently, whoever told the AFA about this commercial is just now catching it, because in a recent mail-out by the One Million Parents sites, they have, just now, targeted the A&W Root Beer commercial (A&W is owned by Dr. Pepper, by the way) that make the "Dumass/Dumb-Ass" joke that has been used many times. This commercial has been in the running for nearly a year now, and just now, the sites are targeting it? This really doesn't make too much sense. To make matters worse, they say that Phillipa Dworkin, Vice President-Corporate Communications for Dr Pepper, was "denying the obvious" when saying that the ad was aimed at the more older demographic. Here's what she had to say to them:
What is the next line, however, after that particular quote that serves as a heading to the next section of the "issue": Ad aimed at children. And the very first line afterwards that Wildmon says, in response:
Talk about not even listening to what she was saying. Wildmon totally ignores everything that was just said, and went ahead and targeted the ad. Not to mention that the ad has been running for near to over a year now. Furthermore, they have targeted Dr. Pepper's other product, 7-Up, for a similar claim:
Now is the time to act. Send a letter, e-mail, or phone call, saying what you think about this issue. The contact info is the following:
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