Groupon Super Bowl commercials raise ire

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NEW YORK - ONLINE coupon site Groupon Inc's first foray into Super Bowl advertising aimed for humour but instead struck a raw nerve with viewers and human-rights groups for mocking serious social issues. In one commercial, Timothy Hutton says 'the people in Tibet are in trouble, their culture is in jeopardy,' as pictures of Tibet are shown on the screen. The punchline? It turns out he's talking ...

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