By Samuel Warde on October 20, 2014
Advertising, Elections, gun control, Police Overreach, Videos, Voting
Advertising, Elections, Gun Control, Videos
A get-out-the-vote ad by a Florida-based group called Dream Defenders is part of its new “Vest or Vote” campaign, which is rallying voters around police violence against black youth. Shot in black and white, the minute-and-a-half ad shows a young black mother in the kitchen distracting her son from a video game to ask him […]
By Samuel Warde on July 18, 2014
Videos
Advertising, Videos
It’s been done before. On its website, Wacoal lingerie company presents a cute model, a strip tease and a catchy song to sell its pushup bras. Right? Not necessarily. What appears to be a beautiful and desirable woman modeling one of its bras turns out to be a guy. As Huffington Post reports, Toyota pulled […]
By Samuel Warde on June 23, 2014
gun control, Videos, Women's issues
Advertising, Gun Control, Videos, Women's Issues
The NRA’s latest ad campaign is resorting to the use of blatantly sexist, and truly disturbing, videos equating women with assault rifles. As Media Matters reports, Noir — a weekly program aired by the National Rifle Association as part of its efforts to reach a younger audience — has run two segments that fetishize an […]
By Samuel Warde on May 6, 2014
Sarah Palin
Advertising, Politics, Videos
As we reported in March, Joni Ernst, a GOP Senate candidate from Iowa warns that she grew up on a farm, has castrated hogs, and your pork (spending) is next on the chopping block! In an ad titled “Squeal,” Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst tells big pork spenders they’d better watch out. [see: GOP Candidate Says […]
By Samuel Warde on April 27, 2014
Human Interest, Videos
Advertising, Human Interest, Videos
“Unlimited hours. No breaks. The most important job is also the world’s toughest job.” The Card Store, created an interesting ad Mullen, a Boston-based advertising agency. As reported by Most Watched Today, Boston-based advertising agency Mullen recently posted this fake job listing for a ‘Director of Operations’ position at a company called Rehtom Inc. The […]