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For as long as it has known that its product causes climate change (decades), Shell has been on the cutting edge of the oil industry's many attempts to greenwash its products by making cringey appeals to the youth. Cognizant of millennials’ and Gen Z’s...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 05:58 AM PDT
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How do you make a campaign ad that voters actually want to watch? We're discussing that critical question on this week's episode of "The Downballot" with leading Democratic ad-maker Mark Putnam, who's been responsible for some of the most memorable...
by The Downballot
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on Thu May 11, 2023 at 08:52 AM PDT
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President Joe Biden officially announced his run for a second term Tuesday, and released a campaign video highlighting the importance of personal freedoms. The Republican National Committee countered with its own anti-Biden advertisement that featured...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Apr 26, 2023 at 11:50 AM PDT
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Try as hard as I might there are certain commercial jingles that get stuck in my brain, even years later. Try as hard as I might to try to forget them they are logged in there. I have presented 4 ...
by CameronProf
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on Wed Jun 16, 2021 at 05:00 AM PDT
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UGH….the horror. I have to post, in order to answer the query for tonight’s question, a photo of a Liberty Mutual Insurance commercial that drives me to drink.
I hate, hate, hate it when 1) ...
by CameronProf
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on Fri Feb 19, 2021 at 05:00 PM PST
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From the Biden campaign to Republicans for Biden to The Lincoln Project to …, there are strong messages coming out taking on Trump. In some cases, this is ‘enemy of my enemy is’ material and some cases from organizations and individuals who have been...
by A Siegel
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on Mon Jun 01, 2020 at 06:55 AM PDT
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As this CNN article points out, there are some limitations to the “anything goes” nature of political adverts content brought on by litigation:
Facebook's advertising policies state "ads must ...
by daddybunny
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on Wed Dec 04, 2019 at 12:00 AM PST
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Arghhhhhh! I. Have. Had. Enough!
Be warned: this is a rant that’s festered for quite some time. I’m not sure how I’m going to land this plane, but prepare for takeoff….
But First, A Word ...
by Puddytat
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on Fri Aug 30, 2019 at 07:00 PM PDT
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So far two Beto campaign advertisements have aired in the northern Austin suburb where I live. The first was extracted from video of one or more of his 254 county tour of Texas. It was a well done introduction video, though no where on par with the...
by johngoes
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on Fri Oct 12, 2018 at 11:21 AM PDT
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The Ted Cruz campaign just released one of the most hilariously awful advertisements. You can watch here:
Where to begin on this? First of all, this is coming from Ted Cruz, an ardent supporter of a man who has never shied on using foul...
by Centrist Dem
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on Mon Sep 03, 2018 at 01:56 PM PDT
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Every day, it seems, I read a new story about sexual harassment, unprofessional conduct in the workplace, assault or some other sexual abuse issue. I read stories about what the lines are, and what constitutes acceptable behavior.
The I get to the...
by marking time
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on Thu Nov 30, 2017 at 04:36 PM PST
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by geebeebee
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on Mon Dec 28, 2015 at 02:31 PM PST
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If you were born before 1985 this probably tastes like an anxiety riddled trip to the doctor
A new study conducted by ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Oct 20, 2015 at 01:25 PM PDT
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Recently, an ad has been popping up with sound in the upper right corner of this site when I enter. I HATE THIS. I'm bombarded with pop up ads all the time and I don't really need them on this site.
by louisxiv
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on Sun Sep 20, 2015 at 06:14 AM PDT
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Great ad campaign or the greatest?
Independent candidate for Parliament, Wyatt Scott, put out an ad came a couple of months ago. It. Is Fantastic! There are dragons and aliens and swords, and ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Aug 14, 2015 at 12:57 PM PDT
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How it all fits together and what it means when it changes.
This diary will follow the progress of my work on building a coherent philosophy of the nature of my own humanity in an inhuman world. I ...
by Politcal Alchemist
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on Tue Jun 02, 2015 at 05:48 PM PDT
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Since I've been recuperating I have been watching more Tee Vee than usual and as such I've been subject to more annoying commercials than ever before.
In my view the worst commercials are those ...
by BFSkinner
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on Sat May 16, 2015 at 01:50 PM PDT
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Once again you guys came to the rescue. I sorted this all out. It involved some settings on my computer and as one person said, I probably double toggled on the 'show/hide ads button.'
Thanks for ...
by SeaTurtle
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on Wed Apr 15, 2015 at 07:23 AM PDT
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The TV comes one, and there is an ad for a tax prep company (rhymes with Hackson Jewett), and it has a recording Pete Seeger singing "I've been working on the railroad" to this company bragging ...
by LunkHead
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on Tue Jan 27, 2015 at 08:45 PM PST
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Some television commercials can actually be funny, some can be like white noise, you don't notice them, they are sort of there in the background.... but others are like fingernails on a chalkboard, ...
by BFSkinner
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on Sun Dec 22, 2013 at 11:45 PM PST
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