Fox Nixes Super Bowl Ad With 'Controversial' Wall
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 1/20/2017, 2:05 p.m.
Fox rejected a Super Bowl commercial that featured a wall, in an apparent reference to the one President-elect Donald Trump says he'll build along the U.S. border with Mexico. The ad, for a $2.5 billion building-supply company called 84 Lumber, was considered too "controversial" for the network to air during the big game. That's according to Brunner, the firm that created the ad. Fox declined to comment. The spot was aimed at recruiting hard-working employees and depicted a crowd of people who are unable to get past a giant wall. The company declined to say exactly what the ad's message was, or whether the 90-second commercial was pro- or anti-Trump.
