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NBC’s ‘Outsourced’ unfunny, offensive
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Aug. 12, 2010 12:32 am
NBC has been airing a commercial about a new show titled “Outsourced.”
How can NBC make jokes and expect laughs when a tremendous number of American jobs have been outsourced to other countries where safety standards, living wages, and benefits do not exist? I do not find the situation humorous. I don't think that those who have lost their jobs will find it funny either.
As a union member and American worker, I cannot understand why NBC would make a comedy that is offensive to the American work force. I strongly urge American workers to boycott this show and NBC in particular.
Mike Scott
Center Point
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