Fw: Reply from Verizon re: Ad with Pitbulls in Junkyard

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Fw: Reply from Verizon re: Ad with Pitbulls in Junkyard
Posted by: "lor" [e-mail] presdlcc
Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:56 pm (PDT)


Hi,
I'm having trouble responding to the whole group on this topic so perhaps you can get the word out - the contact info was not correct on the note about the Verizon ad. Here is the response I got from Bill Kula:

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Miriam -- To streamline things for folks who want to express their comments, it¢s best they send it to Verizon Wireless, a unit of Verizon that I don¢t represent. The contact information you¢ve been provided is not right since I represent Verizon Telecom, the company¢s wireline business unit but here¢s how I¢m helping.

On your behalf, I¢ve already relayed your note, as I¢ve done with others on this same topic, to Brenda Raney, executive director of media relations for Verizon Wireless who is making sure the team that handles marketing and advertising receives input from the public. She¢s at brenda.raney@ verizonwireless. com.

On behalf of our wireless unit, I know it regrets some people found the commercial distasteful. It was absolutely not the unit¢s intent to reflect a negative image with its advertisement, and I can assure Verizon Wireless meant no purposed slander of American Pit Bull Terriers in its commercial.

I do appreciate you taking time out of your day to express your comments. To be assured, they are in the right hands over at Verizon Wireless. -- Bill