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Truth in Advertising

by MoneyMagnetMagnate
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This Blondie Comic in yesterday's paper gave me a chuckle...



What are some Ads or Commercials you have seen recently that poke fun at themselves or their product in their advertisement?
  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    Sad but true. (and in this one case,funny).
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  • Profile picture of the author nocentdvil
    It could be a marketing attack over the said product, though there is a famous saying I'm quoting here that, "Advertising is legalized lying."
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  • Profile picture of the author GT
    In recent years, I have begun to question the advertising of mainstream products on mainstream media more and more. You can watch or listen to so many ads that make claims that you know can't be true. Some of them may skirt the truth or stretch the truth, but it is still lying in a sense.

    A couple of years ago a family member had an auto insurance claim that the insurance company kept giving him the runaround about. They were unsympathetic and basically unfriendly. While at the same time their ads proclaimed how wonderfully helpful and responsive they were. Nonsense.

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    • Profile picture of the author KimW
      Originally Posted by GT View Post

      In recent years, I have begun to question the advertising of mainstream products on mainstream media more and more. You can watch or listen to so many ads that make claims that you know can't be true. Some of them may skirt the truth or stretch the truth, but it is still lying in a sense.

      A couple of years ago a family member had an auto insurance claim that the insurance company kept giving him the runaround about. They were unsympathetic and basically unfriendly. While at the same time their ads proclaimed how wonderfully helpful and responsive they were. Nonsense.

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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    That's when it is a good time to get the press involved, GT. Insurance companies that don't like to pay out to the people who pay in year after year don't like the press - at all.

    Advertisers don't need to lie. They are very adroit at making people believe that they said something that they didn't say at all.

    Example:
    Pearly Dents Tooth Paste (fictional name).
    "Pearly Dents helps fight cavities."
    Does it say that you will get fewer cavities if you use Pearly Dents? No.
    It says it "helps" something that fights cavities. It doesn't say what it "helps" to fight cavities.
    It does not tell how effective the "help" is. It does not say if what it "helps" to fight cavities actually
    wins that fight or not.
    It says NOTHING. We only read it as if it says that using Pearly Dents will result in fewer cavities.

    How about Fruit Toasties cereal (again, fictitious name).
    "Make Fruit Toasties a part of your nutritious breakfast."
    Are they saying that Fruit Toasties are nutritious? Not even. It says to eat a nutritious breakfast and
    add Fruit Toasties to it. Fruit Toasties themselves could be nothing but sugar and GMO corn, but that doesn't matter because they never said they are nutritious. They just said eat them.

    Nobody is lying. They are just building illusions. It is we that chose to see the curtain instead of the man behind it.
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    • Profile picture of the author KimW
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      That's when it is a good time to get the press involved, GT. Insurance companies that don't like to pay out to the people who pay in year after year don't like the press - at all.

      Advertisers don't need to lie. They are very adroit at making people believe that they said something that they didn't say at all.

      Example:
      Pearly Dents Tooth Paste (fictional name).
      "Pearly Dents helps fight cavities."
      Does it say that you will get fewer cavities if you use Pearly Dents? No.
      It says it "helps" something that fights cavities. It doesn't say what it "helps" to fight cavities.
      It does not tell how effective the "help" is. It does not say if what it "helps" to fight cavities actually
      wins that fight or not.
      It says NOTHING. We only read it as if it says that using Pearly Dents will result in fewer cavities.

      How about Fruit Toasties cereal (again, fictitious name).
      "Make Fruit Toasties a part of your nutritious breakfast."
      Are they saying that Fruit Toasties are nutritious? Not even. It says to eat a nutritious breakfast and
      add Fruit Toasties to it. Fruit Toasties themselves could be nothing but sugar and GMO corn, but that doesn't matter because they never said they are nutritious. They just said eat them.

      Nobody is lying. They are just building illusions. It is we that chose to see the curtain instead of the man behind it.
      Maybe that was true in the past Sal, but nowadays they don't give a crap about bad publicity.
      And they have no qualms about lying and falsifying records.
      All they want to do is, as Steve Miller said many years ago is Take The Money And Run.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chronic IM
    Hello! Nice post. Sadly, this is the truth. Thanks for the great post though.
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