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Seven Lies You’re Likely To Hear Today
1. You can lose weight without diet or exercise. 2. You can make easy, honest money with no risk. 3. You can get a free iPad. 4. This product has…
Who’s Sponsoring Whom?
Dear P&G: I recently read that your global “Thank You Mom” advertising campaign, which has been prominently featured during the Olympics, is expected to generate $500 million in additional…
What’s Trending in Misleading Ads in 2014?
We’re on it!
TINA.org’s Year In Review 2013
What we did this year on TINA.org.
Native Advertising – Just Another Term for Deception
A jury of your peers and a jury of consumers deserve the truth.
Fight to the Death
Why the FTC has not pursued Herbalife.
Venetian Blind?
If time could be turned back I am sure a Venetian Doge, upon seeing this ad, would hunt down and behead the person from Longines who did this.
Puffery – A Marketer’s Right To Lie
Ads can legally lie to you as long as the lie is so obvious an exaggeration that you know not to take it seriously.
Popeye Says Eat Your Spinach
Something amazing happened at our dinner table. My daughter got into a fight with her brother (that’s not the amazing part) about who could eat the last of the –…
Are All Alcohol Ads Misleading?
I was surprised when I learned that there are no specific rules or regulations governing alcohol advertising on television. While tobacco products are prohibited from advertising on TV altogether, it’s…