Recently there's been an ad on for some blackcurrent juice (I think) drink by someone. Clearly not very effective anyway. But the thing that I did bring away is how underhanded advertising can be.
The strapline was something along the lines of "4 times more anti-oxidants than the same amount of orange juice!!!"
Which sounds amazing until you realise that actually orange juice isn't a good source of anti-oxidants. It's known as a great source of vitamin C. If you want anti-oxidants you have a cup of black tea. See? Most of the nation hoodwinked.
Last night I got a pack of frozen peas out of the freezer: "4 times more iron than brocollil!!!" - erm except brocolli isn't a good source of iron. That's spinach.....
Anyone else seen any true but entirely misleading advertising recently? All the "representative of gameplay" ads for games are pretty obvious.
The strapline was something along the lines of "4 times more anti-oxidants than the same amount of orange juice!!!"
Which sounds amazing until you realise that actually orange juice isn't a good source of anti-oxidants. It's known as a great source of vitamin C. If you want anti-oxidants you have a cup of black tea. See? Most of the nation hoodwinked.
Last night I got a pack of frozen peas out of the freezer: "4 times more iron than brocollil!!!" - erm except brocolli isn't a good source of iron. That's spinach.....
Anyone else seen any true but entirely misleading advertising recently? All the "representative of gameplay" ads for games are pretty obvious.
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