{"id":1508,"date":"2015-06-21T03:03:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T08:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/advertising-advertising"},"modified":"2015-06-21T03:03:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T08:03:32","slug":"advertising-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/advertising-advertising","title":{"rendered":"Advertising advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Advertising <\/p>\n

Advertisements are the Truth! —
\n"the ads you see and hear are truthful, fair and accurate" —
\nand there are no "No Ifs, Ands or Buts" about it! <\/p>\n

(Or is truth just "an essential part" of advertising? — as other text on there suggests.
\nBut if truth is only "part of" ads, those ads wouldn’t just consist of the "Truth," so the messages on the signs would be untrue.)<\/p>\n

Obviously this ad is very misleading — and downright ridiculous!<\/p>\n

The people behind these ads even declare that "the more you know about advertising, the more you get out of it"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Believe it or not, this advertisement was printed in the latest issue of Reader’s Digest, in Canada. (It was in the Canadian version of Reader’s Digest, that is.)<\/p>\n

(The image here was copied with a scanner — but not a great scanner. I also tried to photograph the advertisement: www.flickr.com\/photos\/tobanblack\/3174329429\/in\/photostream\/)<\/a> <\/p>\n

Posted<\/a> by Toban B. <\/a> on 2009-01-06 21:07:47 <\/p>\n\n

Tagged: , advertising , capitalism , bizarre , truth , Advertising Standards Canada , Canada , myths , humour , mainstream media , Reader’s Digest <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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