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December 22nd, 2009, 16:20
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Its seems that casual TV viewers and large corporations handle Schadenfreude very differently. While MTV's Jersey Shore has been a constant source of amusement for at least one Engadget editor (http://www.engadget.com/editor/joseph-l-flatley), TMZ (our other favorite tech site) reports that Dell (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Dell/) has joined a growing list of advertisers that are backing away from the reality series. In fact, a company spokesman (with a less jaded view of humanity than us) has gone on record stating that Dell doesn't "condone or support ethnic bashing in any form." And neither do we, of course -- but we do love a good laugh. Jenni "Jwoww" Farley is unavailable for comment.
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Its seems that casual TV viewers and large corporations handle Schadenfreude very differently. While MTV's Jersey Shore has been a constant source of amusement for at least one Engadget editor (http://www.engadget.com/editor/joseph-l-flatley), TMZ (our other favorite tech site) reports that Dell (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Dell/) has joined a growing list of advertisers that are backing away from the reality series. In fact, a company spokesman (with a less jaded view of humanity than us) has gone on record stating that Dell doesn't "condone or support ethnic bashing in any form." And neither do we, of course -- but we do love a good laugh. Jenni "Jwoww" Farley is unavailable for comment.
Continue reading Dell pulls ads from Jersey Shore, calls show 'derogatony' (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/dell-pulls-ads-from-jersey-shore-calls-show-derogatony-video/)
Dell pulls ads from Jersey Shore, calls show 'derogatony' (video) (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/dell-pulls-ads-from-jersey-shore-calls-show-derogatony-video/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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