Political ads, my foot! You need to pay just as close attention to commercials for EVERYthing as a huge number of them are VERY misleading in their content or presentation. For example, one commercial for Boost, the vit/min “healthy” drink for seniors, has, in one commercial, a carton of orange juice being thrown out as unhealthy and in another being part of the healthy choices to be made. Dishonest AND counting on a really stupid audience. And that’s just the most obvious one. To believe any commercial at its face is as dangerous as taking a politician at his word.
The sad fact is they work. Here in WI, the incumbent Sen. Johnson and his supporting groups have smeared and frightened the voters to a 6 point lead in the latest poll. (One of them says “he (Barnes) bought his first house with FAMILY money”. As though NO ONE, anywhere ever received help from a parent in making a down payment. SHEEESH!!!) In August, his challenger, Mandela Barnes, had a 7 point lead in the same poll. I still think turnout might win it for Barnes, but it might be 6 more years of the buffoon.
People claim that they don’t like it, but the results prove that they are effective.
And political speechwriters I’m sure include folks who know how to write advertising. I used to write advertising for a shoe wholesaler and I remember one time taking a sandal to the buyer and asking what was good about this particular one. He said it had a cardboard innersole and that made it cheaper for them to buy it. That was the day that made me quit.
They do it because it works. If Americans were smart enough to make actual distinctions and then choose because of them, advertising would reflect that. But they’re not.
trailzen51 over 1 year ago
The perfect formula for political ads…
dogday Premium Member over 1 year ago
Political ads, my foot! You need to pay just as close attention to commercials for EVERYthing as a huge number of them are VERY misleading in their content or presentation. For example, one commercial for Boost, the vit/min “healthy” drink for seniors, has, in one commercial, a carton of orange juice being thrown out as unhealthy and in another being part of the healthy choices to be made. Dishonest AND counting on a really stupid audience. And that’s just the most obvious one. To believe any commercial at its face is as dangerous as taking a politician at his word.
Free Radical over 1 year ago
Do not listen to misleading campaign commercials if allergic to misleading campaign commercials. May lead to blind ignorance and fatal death.
RAGs over 1 year ago
That fifth panel, at least, sounds like the republican “Senate Leadership Fund”
Havel over 1 year ago
The sad fact is they work. Here in WI, the incumbent Sen. Johnson and his supporting groups have smeared and frightened the voters to a 6 point lead in the latest poll. (One of them says “he (Barnes) bought his first house with FAMILY money”. As though NO ONE, anywhere ever received help from a parent in making a down payment. SHEEESH!!!) In August, his challenger, Mandela Barnes, had a 7 point lead in the same poll. I still think turnout might win it for Barnes, but it might be 6 more years of the buffoon.
People claim that they don’t like it, but the results prove that they are effective.
painthacker Premium Member over 1 year ago
And political speechwriters I’m sure include folks who know how to write advertising. I used to write advertising for a shoe wholesaler and I remember one time taking a sandal to the buyer and asking what was good about this particular one. He said it had a cardboard innersole and that made it cheaper for them to buy it. That was the day that made me quit.
Rich Douglas over 1 year ago
They do it because it works. If Americans were smart enough to make actual distinctions and then choose because of them, advertising would reflect that. But they’re not.
rossevrymn over 1 year ago
You forgot strawman and whataboutism.