Tag: Advertising
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media/memes: simpsontology, propaganalog & dtv
bart simpson used to promote scientologyfrom wikinews: Nancy Cartwright, 51, who is a long time member of the Church of Scientology, has created a recording using her voice of Bart Simpson as part of a robocall promotion. The message surfaced early Wednesday morning on YouTube. During the message, Cartwright states that “This is a special…
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stupor bowl ad ‘jokes’ that tv turns yr brain into mind controlled mush
from rogue government: A bizarre commercial that aired on the Superbowl depicts Alec Baldwin talking about how TV is designed to turn people’s brains to mush so they are easily controlled and that reptilian aliens are behind the operation to do this. too much tv can make children ‘mentally ill’from telegraph: Excessive exposure makes a…
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media memes: nixon, cruise, stone, lennon, vhs & hi-def
‘frost/nixon’: meant for each otherfrom washington post: Neither the title nor the subject matter prepares you for the pure fun of “Frost/Nixon.” Ron Howard’s movie is based on Peter Morgan’s play, which was based on the 1977 television interviews between British journalist David Frost and the disgraced former president Richard Nixon. You expect something dry,…
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video: horrifying cia recruitment commercials
from youtube: As the economy shifts to a focus on national security, where else could you find gainful employment… but to spy on your neighbor – just join the CIA, or become a Homeland Security goon, or at worst a TSA screening goon. The future is you! and here’s another one for cia’s clandestine service…
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“The Change You Deserve”
from washington post: House Republicans may be heading off a cliff in November, but give them credit for perseverance. Even after the new slogan they floated – “The Change You Deserve” – was discovered to be trademarked ad copy for the antidepressant drug Effexor, GOP leaders decided to go with the rollout anyway. “The Republican…
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xenu tv, disneynature, mexican hitler & jimmy justice
youtube accounts of scientology critics suspendedfrom wikinews: Two well-known critics of Scientology have had their user accounts on the video sharing website YouTube suspended. The YouTube accounts of both Tory Christman and Mark Bunker were suspended this week. In a statement to Wikinews , YouTube explained why accounts are suspended, but did not specifically state…
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extinquished torch, internet2, absolut raza & swatkids
olympic torch put out three timesfrom ap: Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China’s human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. Despite massive security, at least two activists got within almost an arm’s length of the flame before they were…
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billboard liberation front touts at&t & nsa collaboration
from threat level: The Billboard Liberation Front has struck again – this time rewriting a billboard in San Francisco’s Mission District that was hosting AT&T’s latest ad campaign touting the breadth of its network coverage. The billboard now reads: “AT&T works in more places, like NSA Headquarters.” Formerly the sign bragged of service in Chilondoscow.…
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9/11 preview
from danger room: This is apparently how Pakistan International Airlines in 1979 promoted its service to New York City.
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big pharma spends more on advertising than r&d
from science daily: A new study by two York University researchers estimates the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on promotion as it does on research and development, contrary to the industry’s claim. The researchers’ estimate is based on the systematic collection of data directly from the industry and doctors during 2004, which…
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presidio terror & audio spotlights
anti-terror exercises set at presidiofrom monterey herald: The loud booms coming from the Presidio of Monterey on Friday will likely be an anti-terrorism exercise. The exercise is scheduled through the day, and the High Street gate will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to officials from the Defense Language Institute and the…
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nbc refunds advertisers as ratings plunge
from reuters: Fourth-ranked broadcaster NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers an average of $500,000 each for failing to reach guaranteed ratings levels, the first time a network has taken such a step in years, media buyers said. Networks usually offer make-goods – free advertising slots – in the event of such shortfalls. But NBC has…
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mountain dew ad campaign portends fascist future
from truth news: In a marketing strategy certainly in tune with the times, Mountain Dew envisions the not unlikely concept of a future fascist police state. An earlier Mountain Dew advert featured a hapless window puppeteer raided by a SWAT team in New York. Does Mountain Dew and PepsiCo know something the rest of us…