So I'm watching 60 Minutes and an ad comes on

[dflprincess]

with a little girl in a princess dress. I'm not paying that much attention and I just assume it's an ad for Disney. Then slowly something seeps into my brain and it's not Disney the kids are excited to see but the "Ark Encounter". (which has been discussed here in the past)

Are there no standards left? I swear, if it would bring in revenue, they'd advertise for the Klan.

For anyone not familiar with it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_Encounter
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Ark Encounter is a Christian fundamentalist theme park that opened in Grant County, Kentucky on July 7, 2016.[2] The centerpiece of the park is a full-scale model of Noah's Ark from the Genesis flood narrative in the Bible which is 510 feet (155 m) long, 85 feet (26 m) wide, and 51 feet (16 m) high.[2] It is one of only three full-size Noah's Ark replicas and derivatives in the world, and the largest of the three. Ark Encounter is operated by Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Young Earth creationism group that operates the Creation Museum 45 miles (70 km) away in Petersburg, Kentucky.[2]

After independent feasibility studies projected that the park would provide a boon to the state's tourism industry, the Ark Encounter received tax incentives from the city, county, and state to induce its construction. This drew criticism from groups concerned with the separation of church and state.[2][3] A dispute over AiG's hiring practices was adjudicated in U.S. federal court, which found in 2016 that the organisation could require Ark Encounter employees to sign a statement of faith as a condition of their employment, prompting criticism of the park's discriminatory hiring practices.[2]

[MountainFool]

1. cut the cable, just cut it.

I refuse to have any of my $ go to the MSM anymore. It's ridiculous to support them.

[LeftInTX]

2. Are you sure it wasn't for Noah's Ark Water Park in Wisconsin Dells?

When we were up in northern WI last summer, I kept thinking it was for that fundie place in Kentucky, but I kept scratching my head. When I got home, I researched it and there is a water park in Wisconsin Dells with that name.

[Archae]

3. Yup, I've been there.

HUUUGE tourist trap.

[dflprincess]

8. No by the the ad did say "Ark Encounter"

We get a lot of ads for Wisconsin Dells in the Minneapolis TV market and (especially this time of year) they all stress the joys of indoor water parks.

[LeftInTX]

13. Dang......

[Baitball Blogger]

4. These ventures don't always end well.

Holy Land Experience to unload furniture, statues amid financial turmoil

Holy Land Experience, which is struggling with a sea of red ink in recent financial reports, is selling hundreds of ornate couches, thrones, nativity statues, costumes — and even a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

The owners of the Christian theme park, the Crouch family of Trinity Broadcast Network, are also closing gift stores in Tennessee and California.
ADVERTISING

An attorney for the network, John Casoria, said in an email that the not-for-profit companies have experienced a drop in revenue as TBN voluntarily ended the practice of live telethons to raise money in 2012.

"We have had to do some belt-tightening as well, which gives rise to the auctions and the closing of unprofitable gift stores," Casoria wrote.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-holy-land-auction-20160719-story.html

[WillowTree]

5. So.......wait a minute.

Are you suggesting that this Christian "theme park" should not be allowed to advertise?

[dflprincess]

9. I would expect "60 Minutes" not to advertise for a theme park that denies science

given that it is (or once was) a fact based show.

And, BTW, I am a believer, I just have never taken the tales in the Bible literally.

[WillowTree]

12. More than likely the ad time was purchased from the local TV station.

Just because it was shown during commercial break in 60 Min doesn't mean that they are a 60 Min advertiser. A certain amount of the time in those commercial breaks is reserved for the station's advertisers and the network program has no control over that. I can just about guarantee you that the commercial for that the commercial that you saw wasn't seen across the network, or even beyond your particular station, for that matter.

[Archae]

14. Not local.

Our Milwaukee CBS affiliate ran the ad.

And I couldn't understand one word the kids were saying.

[WillowTree]

16. Yeah. That's the local affiliate. Not the network or 60 Minutes.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. I have no idea to what extent broadcasters are required

to accept advertizing, but aside from a handful of laws that no longer allow cigarette/tobacco ads, almost everything else is allowable.

If you're going to watch commercial TV, you're going to be watching the commercials.

[dflprincess]

10. Broadcasters can reject advertising they deem inappropriate.

If this had aired during a sitcom I would have rolled my eyes but not said anything. Advertising for a science denying theme park during a show that purports to be "informative" seems odd to me.

[AJT]

7. Not much different

than the commercials I've seen for Liberty university on TV lately.

[edhopper]

11. that's just not how

advertising works.
Besides, have you seen what happened to 60 Minutes with Hewitt gone.
Not exactly the gold standard any more.

[AgadorSparticus]

15. I heard some where it is not the revenue generator they had hoped it would be.

Only a matter of time before it shuts down. Tickets are expensive and the # of visitors is paltry.

[pstokely]

17. was this a local or national ad?

?