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XM/Sirius' on-screen promotion of the Red Cross relief effort

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wadio

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For days now, the on-screen artist and song information is being replaced much of the time by:

HARVEY RELIEF
and
1-800-RED-CROSS

I've come to rely on this text information but at the moment it's nearly useless.

It seems unkind and self-indulgent to complain considering what the people of southern Texas are going through, but in a way it's a separate issue and I have mixed feelings:

1. I've already donated through a charity other then the Red Cross - my choice.

2. I'm paying for a service that I'm currently not receiving from XM/Sirius - the preemption is constant, not just once in awhile.

3. Cable TV channels could put a persistent graphic on their screens, but they don't - why? That would reach more people and be less intrusive, but maybe they don't want to single out a single charity?

Is this tactic really doing some good? I'm skeptical. Any thoughts?
 
wadio said:
For days now, the on-screen artist and song information is being replaced much of the time by:

HARVEY RELIEF
and
1-800-RED-CROSS

I've come to rely on this text information but at the moment it's nearly useless.

It seems unkind and self-indulgent to complain considering what the people of southern Texas are going through, but in a way it's a separate issue and I have mixed feelings:

1. I've already donated through a charity other then the Red Cross - my choice.

2. I'm paying for a service that I'm currently not receiving from XM/Sirius - the preemption is constant, not just once in awhile.

3. Cable TV channels could put a persistent graphic on their screens, but they don't - why? That would reach more people and be less intrusive, but maybe they don't want to single out a single charity?

Is this tactic really doing some good? I'm skeptical. Any thoughts?
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My thought--it doesn't bother me in the least, and I never gave it a second of my concern. It's fairly par for the course when major disasters strike the US now, a la Katrina et al. I donated elsewhere as well, but have no problem with plugging the red cross.
 
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