Daily Mail pulls Foxtel ads after ‘comedy’ priests appeared on Catholic sex abuse articles

Alex Hayes

May 21, 2015 1:34

The Daily Mail has pulled down an advertising takeover for new Foxtel comedy series Open Slather after images of actors Stephen Curry and Shane Jacobson posing as priests appeared against articles relating to allegations of child sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy.

The takeover, which featured two full-length fixed ads – ads that stay in view as the user scrolls – started this morning and appeared on every news page on the website.

However, Daily Mail Australia managing director Peter Holder told Mumbrella it had pulled the campaign after being “made aware of this unfortunate placement”.

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Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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Daily Mail Open Slather

8 COMMENTS

Lord 21 May 15

Jesus Christ!

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Phnar 21 May 15

On my god!

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Matt 21 May 15

The devil is in the detail!

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Peter 21 May 15

Holy Shit!

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No Surprise 22 May 15

The Daily Fail

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Dan 22 May 15

Still on my feed, but it appears the abuse stories have been removed..

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Paul 22 May 15

Once again the caliber of the supprters of this program is shown by the type of language used in their comments.
Please cut the foul language. It does you no credit.

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Priorities 25 May 15

We should be more concerned about the news article than the ad placement.

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