Re: About the CGW sex ads whiners

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From: Drew Fudenberg
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 00:00

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rw...@panix.com (Russell Webb) wrote:

Sexuality is the driving force behind much of 
>advertising--why single out CGW and crucify them for it?
>
Many magazines get by w/o sex ads, even some computer mags publisged by 
Z-D, e.g. PC Magazine. In fact of the >10 "aimed at adult" mads coming 
into our house, only CGW has sex ads. So while the ads aren't awful, and 
aren't as graphic as they might be, CGW -has- singled -itself- out as 
having different ad content.

What to do about it is a harder question, but lets not pretend that 
the ads in question are standard throghout the american mass media.
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Drew Fudenberg
email: fude...@fas.harvard.edu
http://fudenber.fas.harvard.edu

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From: Drew Fudenberg <fude...@fas.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: About the CGW sex ads whiners
Date: 1995/08/06
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