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MTV’s ‘Skins’ Losing Advertisers Left And Right

Have any of you guys watched the MTV show Skins? Yeah, me neither.

Well apparently the show is racy and borders on child pornography… how’d this get on the air in the first place? It’s so controversial, that five major advertisers have pulled their support with more sure to follow.

The Subway sandwich chain was the most recent to pull out their advertising after the Parents Television Council launched a campaign urging viewers to complain to Subway for its decision to advertise during the first episode.

This on the heels of H&R Block, GM, and Wrigley‘s decisions to back out from advertising, where Taco Bell was the first to pull their adverts because “it is not a fit for our brand”.

The Hollywood Reporter wrote:

Viacom executives recently met with the show’s producers to order them to tone down upcoming episodes, The New York Times reported, for fear of violating child pornography laws.

The PTC asked the Department of Justice and U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees to open an investigation into the show.

“In addition to the sexual content on the show involving cast members as young as 15, PTC counted 42 depictions and references to drugs and alcohol in the premiere episode,” the group — which has called the show “the most dangerous program ever for children” — wrote in a letter to the government organizations. “It is clear that Viacom has knowingly produced material that may well be in violation of [several anti-child pornography laws].

Maybe MTV should just cut it’s losses and go back to airing music videos like it was intended to do originally. Besides, what does garbage like Skins, 16 & Pregnant, Teen Mom, Jersey Shore, etc. have to do with MUSIC????

UPDATED: According to TMZ, Schick is the sixth advertiser to pull out it’s ads from the show!

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