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09-20-2016, 06:00 AM
That super diverse lamb ad? Some people reckon it's discriminatory.
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Oh, Australia. What could be the country's most diverse ad ever is facing complaints about "discrimination on account of race."
AdNews (http://www.adnews.com.au/news/mla-faces-ad-ban-after-discrimination-complaints) reports that Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)'s latest "Spring Lamb" ad (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/australian-lamb-campaign-diversity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), which features Australians of a range of cultures, genders and ***ualities enjoying a nice bit of lamb, has been the subject of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB).
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The ASB is considering six complaints so far against the television ad, a spokesperson told Mashable, and one against online version of the ad. She could **t go into detail about the specific racial prejudice being alleged. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/mla-lamb-ad-complaints/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Oh, Australia. What could be the country's most diverse ad ever is facing complaints about "discrimination on account of race."
AdNews (http://www.adnews.com.au/news/mla-faces-ad-ban-after-discrimination-complaints) reports that Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)'s latest "Spring Lamb" ad (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/australian-lamb-campaign-diversity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), which features Australians of a range of cultures, genders and ***ualities enjoying a nice bit of lamb, has been the subject of complaints made to the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB).
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The ASB is considering six complaints so far against the television ad, a spokesperson told Mashable, and one against online version of the ad. She could **t go into detail about the specific racial prejudice being alleged. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/mla-lamb-ad-complaints/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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