A&E to cancel American Guns after Facebook posts for its removal after school shootin

• Dec 18, 2012

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This was one of A&E 's hottest and most popular shows. Now negative posts on their facebook has caused them to cancel the show. Yes, All as a political response to the school shooting, just a few hundred liberal anti-gunners and A&E follows with knee jerk decision

http://now.msn.com/american-guns-canceled-by-discovery

 

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• Dec 18, 2012

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Wow... this fallout is quite overboard

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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These reactions make about as much sense as slitting your wrists to end famine in Africa.

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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Please, what a bunch of crap.

Do people really think Facebook posts have this much power?

HERP DERP, KONY 2012, END CHILDREN SLAVE SOLDIERS!

Yea, that worked out real well, didn't it?

Do you think the decision to cancel a TV show would even be had in the span of one weekend?

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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JNieman said:

Please, what a bunch of crap.

Do people really think Facebook posts have this much power?

HERP DERP, KONY 2012, END CHILDREN SLAVE SOLDIERS!

Yea, that worked out real well, didn't it?

Do you think the decision to cancel a TV show would even be had in the span of one weekend?

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Might depend on where the " idea " came from, we do have 37 Czars running the country behind the curtain.

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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JNieman said:

Do you think the decision to cancel a TV show would even be had in the span of one weekend?

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Yep.

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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That show sucked anyways.

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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JNieman said:

Please, what a bunch of crap.

Do people really think Facebook posts have this much power?

HERP DERP, KONY 2012, END CHILDREN SLAVE SOLDIERS!

Yea, that worked out real well, didn't it?

Do you think the decision to cancel a TV show would even be had in the span of one weekend?

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Considering the fallout on Facebook and around the web pushed CTD to yank their ridiculous $60 PMAG's, I think it's possible to quickly push any organization around a little.

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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American Guns was canceled before the shooting. This is what you call Propaganda.

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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Hitman said:

Considering the fallout on Facebook and around the web pushed CTD to yank their ridiculous $60 PMAG's, I think it's possible to quickly push any organization around a little.

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Pulling advertisement of price gouged mags is a little different than canceling jobs and an entire "product line" and merchandising.

There may be a "last straw" effect, but if anything, I wouldn't attribute the cancellation to the tragedy and outcry... it was likely more to do with the fact that it wasn't a big hit, didn't perform well, market research, etc. I mean, I doubt they're gonna ban guns from The Walking Dead...

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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kcinnick said:

American Guns was canceled before the shooting. This is what you call Propaganda.

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That was what I thought too, but didn't feel like googling it up.

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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Find it funny, MSN used FoxNews as their source...

"A Discovery rep told FOX411 that *American Guns* – which is out of production and not currently broadcasting new episodes – has been canceled and will not return for a third season. This comes as something of a surprise given its growing popularity. The show had a 50 percent ratings increase for its second season premiere, and one of its stars, Renee Wyatt, recently said she would *definitely* be interested in returning for season three. The rep, however, would not link the show’s cancelation to the Connecticut school massacre."

 

• Dec 18, 2012

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If anything it should have been canceled for pimping out the wife and stepdaughter and passing the kids off as Rich Wyatt's kids.