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Take a Pass on Product Placement in “Hall Pass”

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Take a Pass on Product Placement in “Hall Pass”

Why is a car the star of this movie?

Big Mickey is Watching You

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Big Mickey is Watching You

MyMagic+ at Disney may mean shorter lines but more direct marketing to guests.

Eat Your Way to Better Health: Food & Health Claims

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Eat Your Way to Better Health: Food & Health Claims

“Contains antioxidants” “Clinically Proven to Enhance Immune System” “Balances Digestive Health” Who wouldn’t want to eat their way to better health? Ads and labels for food and beverage products today…

Preventing Kids from Smoking is Still a Battle

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Preventing Kids from Smoking is Still a Battle

According to the FDA, every day almost 3,500 kids pick up their first cigarette. What’s worse is that a quarter of those kids (850 of them) become daily cigarette smokers.…

What You Should Know about Vemma

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What You Should Know about Vemma

Investigation reveals a number of questionable practices.

How to Check Your Credit Report Truly for Free

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How to Check Your Credit Report Truly for Free

In this age of identity theft and business scams, it is important to check your credit reports regularly. The The legal basis for every American’s right to review their credit…

The Fine Print – Read It

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The Fine Print – Read It

What the ad giveth, the fine print is not supposed to taketh away.

Is Your Cellphone Spying on You?

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Is Your Cellphone Spying on You?

The mobile phone world was rocked in November 2011 when a systems administrator from Connecticut posted a 17-minute video on YouTube showcasing how a hidden program installed on millions of…

Five Common Complaints about Guthy-Renker

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Five Common Complaints about Guthy-Renker

Informercial maker uses glossy ads and celebrity endorsements, but also gets hit with plenty of consumer complaints.

Solution Tech Support

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Solution Tech Support

A staff member at TINA.org recently received a call from someone claiming to be a tech support specialist. The conversation went something like this: THEM (staticky connection, blocked phone number,…

Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

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Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

MADISON, CT, July 10, 2013 — Vemma Nutrition Company promises it will “transform lives through ultra premium products and a generous compensation plan.” The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company, which touts that…

Check Gallery

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Check Gallery

A TINA.org reader recently submitted this tip about Check Gallery, a website that sells customized bank checks. She received an e-mail advertising a two-for-one deal on personal checks, which seemed…

How Safe is Your Birth Control?

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How Safe is Your Birth Control?

In 2002, the birth control patch, Ortho Evra, hit the market and flew off the shelves as millions of women went to their doctors for this new, exciting birth control…

FTC Opts for Wait-and-See Approach on Negative Option

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FTC Opts for Wait-and-See Approach on Negative Option

Before making any changes to its own rule, the agency will look to see how a 2010 statute plays out.

L’Oréal’s True Beauty Secret

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L’Oréal’s True Beauty Secret

Why TINA.org objects to the FTC’s proposed settlement with L’Oréal over deceptive advertising charges.

Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs

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Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs

Consumers complain to feds that various e-cig companies are fleecing them into repeated credit card charges for vapor products.

Smoke Remedy

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Smoke Remedy

Smokeremedy.com by Living Well Remedies promises you can quit smoking naturally with just one bottle. The bottle contains ingredients it says will help stop cravings if you just spray it…

Where Bankers Hide Money.com

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Where Bankers Hide Money.com

We heard this radio ad for “WhereBankersHideMoney.com” and it set off the good ol’ suspicious-o-meter at TINA headquarters. In the ad, Farmer Henry says he’s got a bone to…

Empower Network

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Empower Network

Empower Network says it is a “blogging platform, an intensive training, a secret blueprint on how to earn fifteen grand per month” (Stop right there, this vague description of what…

TINA.org Probe Prompts Financial Publisher to Change Marketing

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TINA.org Probe Prompts Financial Publisher to Change Marketing

Investigation finds Stansberry used deceptive tactics in testimonials.

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Take a Pass on Product Placement in “Hall Pass”

Big Mickey is Watching You

Eat Your Way to Better Health: Food & Health Claims

Preventing Kids from Smoking is Still a Battle

What You Should Know about Vemma

How to Check Your Credit Report Truly for Free

The Fine Print – Read It

Is Your Cellphone Spying on You?

Five Common Complaints about Guthy-Renker

Solution Tech Support

Investigation by truthinadvertising.org Reveals Eight Things You Should Know About Vemma

Check Gallery

How Safe is Your Birth Control?

FTC Opts for Wait-and-See Approach on Negative Option

L’Oréal’s True Beauty Secret

Consumers Getting Smoked by E-Cigs

Smoke Remedy

Where Bankers Hide Money.com

Empower Network

TINA.org Probe Prompts Financial Publisher to Change Marketing