ASA dismisses complaints over 'sexist' Virgin ad
09 Feb 2009 | by Hadassah Nymark
Authority has received 29 complaints that the TV and press ad campaign is sexist. However, an ASA spokesman ...
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Authority has received 29 complaints that the TV and press ad campaign is sexist. However, an ASA spokesman ...
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that its flights were 65% cheaper than BA in many instances. The ASA ruled the ad must not appear again ...
. The ASA told easyJet to ensure that the basis for comparisons was explained in future ads. The airline ...
The airline has been banned from using the claim again. The ASA also rejected a complaint against a Direct Line ad created by M&C Saatchi that said named drivers could earn a no-claims discount that could be transferred to any future policy in their own name. ...
After the ASA referred one of the airline's ads to the OFT on the grounds that it was misleading, Ryanair retaliated by sending a formal complaint that the ASA had "demonstrated a repeated lack of independence, impartiality and fairness" in rulings against it. The ASA has ruled against nine of the airline ...
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to the Office of Fair Trading, despite the company's repeated breaches of ASA rules....Last week, the airline provoked a showdown with the ASA by refusing to withdraw an ad showing a model wearing a school uniform in a sexually provocative way. The regulator upheld 13 complaints about the ad, which was headed "Hottest back to school fares", and has ordered newspapers not to accept it. ...
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