Toying with Gender Marketing Blog Toying with Gender Marketing Not all girls like to play with dolls. What’s a race car girl to do when her favorite toys are marketed towards boys?
Perfect Polly Will Give You Nightmares Blog Perfect Polly Will Give You Nightmares Perfect Polly, the $18 plastic bird with a great informercial.
The Seven Best Things About Super Bowl Ads Blog The Seven Best Things About Super Bowl Ads Why we love to watch Super Bowl commercials.
From the ‘Is This an Ad?’ Corner: Team Tucker Blog From the ‘Is This an Ad?’ Corner: Team Tucker Brett West’s brilliant move on his son’s behalf.
Red Bull Settlement: It’s NOT about the Wings Blog Red Bull Settlement: It’s NOT about the Wings This proposed agreement is not as absurd as media coverage may have led you to believe.
MLMs Need to be Included in FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule Blog MLMs Need to be Included in FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule TINA.org files comment in support of applying rule to direct selling industry.
Will Prevagen’s Deceptive Advertising Ever End? Blog Will Prevagen’s Deceptive Advertising Ever End? Eight years after TINA.org alerted regulators, supplement ads continue to convey deceptive and misleading memory improvement claims.
Six Vintage Eco-Clueless Ads Blog Six Vintage Eco-Clueless Ads In honor of Earth Day, check out these vintage commercials to see how advertising has gone from blissful ignorance to calculated The practice of making something sound better for the…
FCC Proposes ‘All-In’ Pricing Rule for Cable and Satellite Industry Blog FCC Proposes ‘All-In’ Pricing Rule for Cable and Satellite Industry TINA.org applauds proposed rulemaking and recommends addition.
Period Tracker Capitalizes on Post-Roe Fears Blog Period Tracker Capitalizes on Post-Roe Fears Stardust marketing claims out of this world
Dan Newlin: The Wolf of the Florida Turnpike? Blog Dan Newlin: The Wolf of the Florida Turnpike? Claims of large lawsuit winnings flood the highway.
Is it Art or Advertising? Blog Is it Art or Advertising? In today’s world it is getting tougher all the time to distinguish between marketing materials and art or entertainment.
What’s Trending in Misleading Ads in 2014? Blog What’s Trending in Misleading Ads in 2014? We’re on it!
The Argument for TINA.org Blog The Argument for TINA.org Advertising spending totals about $150 billion annually in the United States and $500 billion globally. Many of the dollars spent today on advertising are no longer used for traditional print…
TINA.org Is Listening Blog TINA.org Is Listening TINA.org was contacted by ThinkProgress.org informing us that our ad, “The Truth’s Not Always Easy,” features a negative portrayal of a transgender woman. Since that time, we have: issued an…
Fyre Festival Dumpster Fire Blog Fyre Festival Dumpster Fire Trouble in social media influencer paradise.
TINA.org to Vemma: Take Down Questionable Health Claims Blog TINA.org to Vemma: Take Down Questionable Health Claims TINA.org campaigns for #vemmatruth by outing sites making unsubstantiated health claims.
TINA.org’s Year In Review 2014 Blog TINA.org’s Year In Review 2014 With help from our readers, TINA.org’s second full year of operation was a definite success – helping to empower consumers against false and deceptive ads. Here’s a rundown of what…
TINA.org’s Year in Review 2016 Blog TINA.org’s Year in Review 2016 Here’s what we accomplished in 2016 with your help.
A Deluge of Doublespeak Blog A Deluge of Doublespeak Corporate doublespeak is as hard to decipher as the questionable claims in the ads themselves.