{"id":486,"date":"2005-12-05T14:13:38","date_gmt":"2005-12-05T14:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=486"},"modified":"2005-12-08T23:25:30","modified_gmt":"2005-12-08T23:25:30","slug":"time-for-a-boycott-or-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/12\/05\/time-for-a-boycott-or-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a boycott or two?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk\/?p=300\">MediaWatchWatch<\/a> comes the news from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/uk\/this_britain\/article331082.ece\">The Independent<\/a><\/em> (<strong>update<\/strong>: link now pay-to-view) that Woolworths and Sainsbury&#8217;s have withdrawn from sale our old friend <em>Jerry Springer: The Opera<\/em> on DVD due to &quot;customer concerns&quot;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sainsbury has admitted it received just 10 complaints.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloggerheads.com\/archives\/2005\/12\/stephen_green_i.asp\">Tim was written<\/a> to both expressing his disappointment. Time for a seasonal, free speech boycott of Woolies and Sainsbury&#8217;s? A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pledgebank.com\">pledge<\/a>, perhaps? Or a nice sidebar button?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, I won&#8217;t be shopping at either for the rest of 2005. That&#8217;ll learn &#8217;em.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via MediaWatchWatch comes the news from The Independent (update: link now pay-to-view) that Woolworths and Sainsbury&#8217;s have withdrawn from sale our old friend Jerry Springer: The Opera on DVD due to &quot;customer concerns&quot;. Sainsbury has admitted it received just 10 complaints. Tim was written to both expressing his disappointment. 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