An assertion by Comcast that DirecTV’s Rob Lowe ads are misleading has resulted in a request by an advertising trade group that the spots cease to be aired.
The DirecTV ads starring Rob Lowe as himself and a decidedly less stellar version of himself have proven controversial in a number of ways.
Though in the past it was typically special interest groups who took offense to one thing or another that non-fabulous Lowe did, one of the latest complaints comes from Comcast.
Their assertion is that the ads mislead consumers into believing that DirecTV is a superior service in ways it isn’t.
Among the claims called into question are t