Youtube porn video part 6

If you have read this post, you would know that Scott Grogin, spokesperson for Fox broadcasting, was assured on September 14, 2006 that Youtube has seen to it that "systems have been put in place to assure that this kind of thing does not happen." If you read further through this same post, you would see where either the system was not working as advertised, or someone had grossly misinformed Scott Grogin.

If you look to the bottom of today's post on Those Bastards blog, you will see both the uncensored version and the censored version of the newest video on the Youtube porn scandal. Twenty percent of the footage for this video was shot on Thursday evening, (September 14, 2006) several hours after Scott Grogin, was assured by Youtube that systems were in place to make sure this kind of thing did not happen. Eighty percent of the video was shot on Monday (September 18, 2006); almost 4 days after Mr. Grogin made his statement. Here are four screenshots that were also taken yesterday:

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As you can plainly see, the systems that Youtube claims to have put in place clearly are not working. There are thousands of adult videos still residing on Youtube servers, and it appears as though every day that a major advertiser continues their advertising contract with Youtube, is a day that their ad can appear over adult video. As Youtube garners approximately 100 million views a day, there is more than ample opportunity for an ad to appear just above an adult video.

One of the new hooks you will see in this video is a completely amazing reappearance of a video that had previously been banned by Youtube. Youtube has closed down several accounts, but there are still videos with adult content up and running that were produced by those accounts. These videos can easily be found utilizing Youtube's site search function. The example featured in this new video was also shown in an earlier version of this series. This video has produced over 311,000 views for ads that were featured above it. We will be investigating this new trend in much further detail.

Adendum: As of 2:00 p.m. eastern time today, all advertisers involved in this video have been contacted directly by me over the telephone other than ESPN. ESPN will be contacted not long after this story has been published. All statements or press releases that are sent to me in response to the story will be published in their entirety, without any editing whatsoever.

Adendum 2: Allstate's press release on the YouTube porn scandal

This statement just came in courtesy of Jim Dudas, Allstate Corporate Relations:

"Allstate does not advertise on you tube. We do use what in the business is called an aggregator, which places ads for us. However, we have strict guidelines against our advertising appearing on any site that portrays this kind of content and we are taking steps to remove the advertising immediately and to prevent it from happening again."

During our phone conversation, I informed at Mr. Dudas that I accepted his explanation, as long as I did not discover any Allstate ads placed over adult content on YouTube in the future, I was finished covering Allstate's involvement in a scandal.

This just arrived via email from American Express:

"Thank you for bringing this to our attention. American Express has clear and strict policies in place to ensure the appropriate placement of our brand and advertising. This placement was in violation of those policies and we are currently investigating the situation to ensure that it does not happen again."

Regards, Christine Elliott American Express Corporate Affairs & Communications

I am sending an email to Christine Elliott now advising her, that as long as I do not discover any American Express ads placed over adult content on YouTube in the future, I am finished covering AE's involvement in a scandal.

The following statement was just phoned in to me, courtesy of Whitney Drake, spokesperson for Ford Motor Company:

"Ford Motor Company buys its banner advertising through advertising.com, and it was Ford Motor Co.'s understanding that their ads were not supposed to be placed near any adult content, and that their ads were not supposed to be placed anywhere on Youtube, it is Ford Motor Co.'s express policy not to advertise in association with any adult content. Currently Ford Motor Company is working to resolve this problem."

I informed Whitney Drake that I was satisfied with their response, and as long as Ford Motor Co.'s ads did not appear above any adult content in my future investigations, my business with Ford Motor Company regarding matter is finished.

The following statement was just phoned in, (and emailed to me), courtesy of Jennifer Khoury, spokesperson for Comcast:

"Comcast has learned that the ads were placed by our affiliates/agencies without our approval, and has asked that they be removed. We have strict advertising and media placement guidelines that provide all of our ad agencies and affiliates with clear instructions that Comcast ads should never be placed near this type of content, and we will work with them to take steps to help ensure this does not occur in the future."

I informed Jennifer Khoury that I was satisfied with their response, and as long as Comcast's ads did not appear above any adult content in my future investigations, my business with Comcast regarding matter is finished.