'The Star' How Insensitive Can You Get

[999tigger 10]

Star now removed the video.

 

Did you get the point that they are unlikely to have anything to do with which advert appears?

 

That from the article it appears to have nothing to do with drink driving.

[Colin Foster 70]

You could argue it was a bit insensitive to have a photo of the scene with a big Stella Artois advert in the background.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-30568260

[No User Name 10]

I'm no fan of the Star but this thread just seems to be people trying desperately to find fault with them.

[stereolab 10]

How else do sites that don't charge pay their not inconsiderable running costs? We consider it good manners to at least tolerate the advertising which pays for this forum to be free for you to use.

 

The problem is that adverts are often used to deliver malware (quite regularly on this site judging by the threads) as well as the extremely instrusive tracking methods they use.

 

There's also the problem that site owners haven't got control over the ads, so it's not uncommon for inappropriate or distasteful ads to be served up which your site is then associated with.

 

you could use a donation or subscription to encourage people who block ads to give something to the site costs.

[*Wallace* 333]

My iPad has gone jittery on this site since the ads appeared.

[woodmally 10]

ok so the Sheffield Star doesnt choose which adverts go along with which story. And if you think an advert for beer near this story is insenstive then you are really looking for things to be offended by. Even the really good newspapers have drink adverts and also have stories about drinking related incidents. Not that I'm defending the star its a load of rubbish but you cant really criticise them for this.

 

The most insensitive aspect of it is those that were responsible.

[*Wallace* 333]

In the Star last week there was a story about a health and safety inspector who died in an accident at the Oxo factory,terrible thing to happen but in the story the Star finds the need to say the mans leaves a wife and children who live in a £****** house ? What relevance does the house value have on anything ?

[No User Name 10]

In the Star last week there was a story about a health and safety inspector who died in an accident at the Oxo factory,terrible thing to happen but in the story the Star finds the need to say the mans leaves a wife and children who live in a £****** house ? What relevance does the house value have on anything ?

 

Is that a euphemism?

[Berkat 10]

Ads are determined by your browsing history. Nothing to do with the star.

[woodmally 10]

Is that a euphemism?

 

Actually no it was an oxo factory. So he went from Gravy to Grave.

[InigoMontoya 10]

I don't think they have control over the adverts

 

Yes they do.

 

They can insist the provider of the service doesn't put them into the feed when they sign contracts with them!

[999tigger 10]

Yes they do.

 

They can insist the provider of the service doesn't put them into the feed when they sign contracts with them!

 

Care to tell us how the advert was insensitive?