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| November 10, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 United Press International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Verizon DSL's new commercial showing a father trying, but failing, to help his daughter with her homework apparently isn't sitting well with parents.

The "Homework" commercial drew calls and e-mails from about a thousand angry parents and grandparents who said the ad denigrates them, the Men's News Daily reported.

In the commercial, the daughter looks to her mother to get her father to leave. The mother tells the father to go wash the dog, commands him to "leave her alone," and then yells at him when he is…

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