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TWBA / Omnicom Racist website targets Lewis Hamilton

October 31, 2008

The website at the center of controversy over racist abuse of British formula one driver Lewis Hamilton is owned by a New York-based advertising agency, TWBA, which is part of the world’s largest media services group, Omnicom, the Guardian has reported.

Omnicom needs to start firing people over this.. no questions asked. This has no business being paid for and furnished by an advertising agency.

We’re still at a loss how their other clients continue to pay into this firm after what they have done.

Written by TheFounder · Filed Under Advertising Agency News 


Comments

  • john

    I am not suprised that spain is always the country at the center of racist accusations because the country as whole is a piece of shit with idiots and biggots as citizen. what do you expect from a country that still legally calls black people negros but the only thing that suprises me is that an American company which is about to see its country being ruled by a black man will allow its spanish website to be used like that. Personally I would say the company should be ashamed of itself for doing business in such a useless country but that is not good for business but it should be more meticulous next time with what goes on in its subsidiaries.

  • http://twba john

    I am not suprised that spain is always the country at the center of racist accusations because the country as whole is a piece of shit with idiots and biggots as citizen. what do you expect from a country that still legally calls black people negros but the only thing that suprises me is that an American company which is about to see its country being ruled by a black man will allow its spanish website to be used like that. Personally I would say the company should be ashamed of itself for doing business in such a useless country but that is not good for business but it should be more meticulous next time with what goes on in its subsidiaries.

  • Fernando Llorente

    Es una mierda, pero yo creo que se trata de molestar al rival para que pierda el control. No creo que sea autentico racismo, y si Hamilton fuera cojo harian desafortunados chistes sobre su cojera. Se trata mas de intentar desequilibrar al otro atacando sus posibles complejos.

    Lo que sucede es que han descubierto que, aunque a Hamilton no le importan estas tonterias, a los ingleses les ponen muy nerviosos, y por eso parece que insisten. Entonces deciden pasarse mas, porque asi sale en la prensa inglesa y a lo mejor llega a molestar a Hamilton…

    En fin, que hay que denunciar estas cosas, yo estoy totalmente de acuerdo, pero John, haces una descalificacion tan general a un pais y su gente que me parece mas racista que la de esa gente a la que atacas. Es una opinion, no es que quiera discutir.

  • Fernando Llorente

    Es una mierda, pero yo creo que se trata de molestar al rival para que pierda el control. No creo que sea autentico racismo, y si Hamilton fuera cojo harian desafortunados chistes sobre su cojera. Se trata mas de intentar desequilibrar al otro atacando sus posibles complejos.

    Lo que sucede es que han descubierto que, aunque a Hamilton no le importan estas tonterias, a los ingleses les ponen muy nerviosos, y por eso parece que insisten. Entonces deciden pasarse mas, porque asi sale en la prensa inglesa y a lo mejor llega a molestar a Hamilton…

    En fin, que hay que denunciar estas cosas, yo estoy totalmente de acuerdo, pero John, haces una descalificacion tan general a un pais y su gente que me parece mas racista que la de esa gente a la que atacas. Es una opinion, no es que quiera discutir.

  • mfarney

    It's been a year now and, surprisingly, Omnicom hasn't lost their clients. I guess that saying is right: There's no such thing as bad publicity. Just publicity.
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    Mathew Farney - Web Hosting

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