State Rep. Daphne Campbell, D-Miami Shores, has been inadvertently caught up in the ongoing controversy over the decision by home improvement giant Loweās to pull advertising from the TLC show All-American Muslim, a decision made due to pressure from the Tampa-based Florida Family Association.
After the move by Loweās, hackers associated with the group Anonymous targeted the website of the Florida Family Association, which had petitionedĀ its supporters to call on companies that advertise during All-American MuslimĀ to pull out of their advertising contracts.
On Monday, a hacker with the Twitter handleĀ @ihazcAnNONzĀ uploaded a list of the Florida Family AssociationāsĀ email subscribers, a list that includesĀ at least three accounts associated with state Rep. Campbell. Two of those email addresses were used during CampbellāsĀ campaignĀ for District 108.
But rather than lend her support to the Florida Family Association cause, Campbell says she had no idea she was on the subscription list and isnāt sure how she came to receive the groupās emails, according to an aide.
Lawmakers in other parts of the country have blasted LoweāsĀ (the only company Ā to publicly comment on its ad removal), arguing that the decision to pull ads from All-American MuslimĀ is ābigotedā Ā and irresponsible. Some groups, like People for the American Way, have called for a boycott of the home improvement company.
Despite (or perhaps because of) the controversy surrounding the show, it appears that advertising spots for All-American MuslimĀ are becoming a hot commodity. Just yesterday, music and fashion mogul Russell Simmons tweeted that he had purchased the showās remaining ad spots.