Global’s Radio X launch ad, which featured Chris Moyles pushing past people as he walked down the street in a parody of The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ video, has been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority despite receiving over 100 complaints around its “anti-social” positioning.
The pastiche shows Moyles bumping into a number of people, including a passer-by holding a coffee, a man in a bunny costume and a paramedic pushing a patient on stretcher.
106 viewers protested that the spot condoned anti-social and violent behaviour and that it was inappropriately scheduled for broadcast at times when children may be watching, but Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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