Exploiting breast cancer
Is anyone else as furious as me about the revolting, demeaning ad campaign by Honey Birdette exploiting Breast Cancer Awareness month? I'd like to know if our leaders are going to write a position st...
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Well this bunch write off the advertising cost which reduces their tax and the cost of the items as a donation so we, the tax payers ultimately pay for it to some degree. Advertising in general is very often very objectionable and / or dishonest. Breakfast foods and so called 'health bars" touted as
healthy choices" are anything but. Face creams marketed as "dermatologically tested...helps reduce the appearance of fine lines"...well, let's deconstruct that. Dermatologically tested essentially means a dermatologist (paid by whom and educated where?) squirted some of the cream on someones skin. Helps (by how much? .00001% ???)...reduce the appearance of ...huh? Doesn't say removes those pesky fine lines, just helps reduce the appearance of them. A few years ago, a certain car manufacturer had a tv advert showing a man at the edge of a high rooftop, and a crowd at the bottom yelling "Jump...jump!!!" The advert went on to say jump into their bargain which was being advertised. Jumping still features prominently in their advertising of their brand. I'll bet the surviving friends and family members of suicides loved that one.
healthy choices" are anything but. Face creams marketed as "dermatologically tested...helps reduce the appearance of fine lines"...well, let's deconstruct that. Dermatologically tested essentially means a dermatologist (paid by whom and educated where?) squirted some of the cream on someones skin. Helps (by how much? .00001% ???)...reduce the appearance of ...huh? Doesn't say removes those pesky fine lines, just helps reduce the appearance of them. A few years ago, a certain car manufacturer had a tv advert showing a man at the edge of a high rooftop, and a crowd at the bottom yelling "Jump...jump!!!" The advert went on to say jump into their bargain which was being advertised. Jumping still features prominently in their advertising of their brand. I'll bet the surviving friends and family members of suicides loved that one.