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Kyle
10-10-2004, 11:51 PM
On MSNBC, if you go to the headline regarding Christopher Reeve's death, and hit reload many times...

You'll see advertising selling superman toys, batman toys, even christopher reeve movies.

It's pretty wrong/weird if you think about it, and of course unintentinoal by MSNBC.

incka
10-11-2004, 07:56 AM
It's weird but I bet the ads get clicked and products get sold.

moonshield
10-11-2004, 12:38 PM
that is kind of disturbing... were you looking for that?

michael_gersitz
10-11-2004, 02:22 PM
True. But I am sure it is contextual and they have nothing to do with it. No person/company should profit on anyones death.

Kyle
10-11-2004, 02:43 PM
True. But I am sure it is contextual and they have nothing to do with it. No person/company should profit on anyones death.

Oh of course it's contextual, I've just never ran into something like this before.

davesplace1
10-15-2004, 11:31 AM
It just seems in poor taste because he just pasted away. Next year if you see a Christopher Reeves article with Superman ads you won't think twice about them. Right now everybody is bummed out about his death :(