It has been reported that a federal judge has ruled against AT&T’s request to pull the Verizon “There’s a Map for That” advertisements from the airwaves. No surprise here.
What’s interesting, though, is that the judge has deemed it necessary for the two celluar carriers to meet again in court to discuss the matter further. Apparently the judge called the ads “sneaky” and said that it is possible that viewers may mistunderstand the ads intent becuase “most people who are watching TV are semi-catatonic.” Ha! The court meets again on December 16.
For now, Verizon has all the freedom in the world to continue pumping out these advertisements for the holiday season without any scruff from AT&T. Unless you count this sad, terrible ad featuring one of the Wilson brothers: