Banning ad over claims of ageism is PC madness
Feisty by name as well as nature, Ms James was the face of Meteor’s granny advert that the company withdrew yesterday after complaints that it was offensive to older people.
The advertisement, broadcast on RTÉ, depicted an elderly lady being ejected from a family Christmas dinner after a “present detector” shows that she has brought a tea cosy as a gift. This does not match her host’s expectations of a Meteor mobile phone.