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State Farm Drops Rob Schneider as Pitchman

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State Farm has dropped actor and comic Rob Schneider as a pitchman, apparently following pressure from groups that objected to Schneider’s vocal anti-vaccination stand over the past few years.

PR Week
reports State Farm’s director of public affairs told them the campaign — which featured Schneider’s old Saturday Night Live character, Richmeister the obnoxious copy guy — “has unintentionally been used as a platform for discussion unrelated to the products and services we provide.  With that, we are working to remove the ad from our rotation at this time.”

Photos featuring Schneider have already been removed from State Farm’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. His campaign had been airing for about a month.


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