Amazon may have gone a little too far in its efforts to advertise its new series The Man in the High Castle. New Yorkers were shocked to see Nazi-related imaged all of the subways. Both the Governor of New York and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered Amazon to remove the advertising. The mayor noted:
While
these ads technically may be within MTA guidelines, they're
irresponsible and offensive to World War II and Holocaust survivors,
their families, and countless other New Yorkers.
The Anti-Defamation League also entered the battle, with Evan Bernstein, the New
York regional director stating:
On
the television program, which explains this is the notion of an America
controlled by Hitler, you get that context...On
the train, seeing the American flag paired with a Nazi symbol is
viscerally offensive, because there is no context as to what it means.
You would think New Yorkers would be used to seeing odd things on their trip to the office in the morning. I guess Amazon struck a nerve, and received additional advertising as a result of the all the controversy. I wonder who serves as Minister of Propaganda at Amazon these days. Good job.
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