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• privacy

  Marketers Announce They Will Bring More Transparency To Personal Data Collection By 2010

  Several major advertising trade groups announced yesterday that starting in 2010, they will implement a new set of self-imposed guidelines on how they collect and use your personal info, in an attempt to prevent the government from handing down federal regulations. More »

  2:32 PM on Fri Jul 3 2009
  By Chris Walters
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• consumer culture

  Top 10 Ironic Ads From History

  Remember when you could buy barbiturates for the baby? Cover your house with asbestos? Or get heroin from the doctor? Okay, probably not, but thanks to the immortal beauty of advertising, you can take a trip back in time. Here's our pick of some of the most ironic ads in American history.
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  12:07 PM on Thu Jul 2 2009
  By McLaren and Torchinsky
  0 views, 131 comments

  Most discussed Cant_stop_the_rock: Believe it or not, I don't think I'm ready to laugh about the World Trade Center attacks just yet. more »

• badvertising

  Hardee's New Ad: Our Food Tastes Better Than Someone's Anus!

  Not to be outdone by Burger King's "fellate our new burger" ad, Hardee's restaurant has launched a similarly juvenile campaign with its new "biscuit holes." You can probably guess where this is going. More »

  1:43 PM on Wed Jul 1 2009
  By Alex Chasick
  0 views, 91 comments

• deaths

  Billy Mays Dead At 50

  You have to wonder if before going to sleep last night, pitchman Billy Mays thought of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon, and said to himself one last time, "but wait, there's more!" More »

  1:00 PM on Sun Jun 28 2009
  By Carey
  0 views, 204 comments

• infomercials

  Ten Stupid Infomercials Will Shake Your Faith In Capitalism

  The best thing about YouTube is that it lets us see wacky commercials and insipid infomercials without the inconvenience of watching TV. Where would the Comfort Wipe be without it? More »

  2:51 PM on Fri Jun 26 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  0 views, 32 comments

• advertising

  Ten Suggestive Automotive Ads from the Past

  The fine petrolheads at Jalopnik have compiled this list of ten very suggestive automotive print ads, from the 1960s onward. It reminds me of a study where men were shown two ads of the same car, one ad with a sexy woman, the other without. The men rated the car with the living hood ornament as more appealing, expensive, and faster than the car without. At the same time, the men vigorously denied that the model's presence had any affect on their opinion whatsoever. More »

  12:13 PM on Thu Jun 25 2009
  By McLaren and Torchinsky
  0 views, 21 comments

  Most discussed HiPwr: Maybe these Jalopnik guys don't know much about cars. #9 and #10 are both Chargers. more »

• consumer confusion

  Befuddled Customers Find Netbooks Are Nyetbooks, Notebooks Are Notbooks

  The majority of people in the market for a laptop can't tell the difference between notebooks and netbooks, and are disappointed to end up with one when they thought they bought the other, an NPD survey finds. More »

  10:59 AM on Wed Jun 24 2009
  By Phil Villarreal
  0 views, 73 comments

• poll

  Should GM Cut Back On Advertising During Bankruptcy? They Don't Think So

  Up until its recent plunge into bankruptcy, GM had been our nation's second-largest advertiser — behind only Procter & Gamble. The company spent $2 billion dollars annually for the past few years — and though they've recently cut back and fallen into third place behind Verizon, the company apparently plans to continue to spend their pre-bankruptcy budget of $40-50 million a month on ads. More »

  1:27 PM on Tue Jun 23 2009
  By Meg Marco
  0 views, 141 comments

  Most discussed vincedia: Advertising is NOT a waste of money! It is the only way to keep business rolling in, and as much more »

• funny

  Sausage Package Illustrates What Happens When You're A Jerk To The Copywriter

  We did try to investigate the truthfulness of the statement on the package, but Wikipedia offered no evidence that Mr. Harriott was at all unpleasant. More »

  1:09 PM on Thu Jun 18 2009
  By Meg Marco
  0 views, 66 comments

• oh snap

  Rumble In The Strip Mall: Best Buy Calls Out Walmart

  Sure, Best Buy emerged victorious over Circuit City in the Battle of the Big-Box Electronics Stores, but they still have to compete with general discounters like Walmart. Which is why in a new ad campaign, Best Buy calls out Walmart specifically, attacking their employees' presumed lack of product knowledge compared to Best Buy employees. More »

  11:42 AM on Wed Jun 17 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  0 views, 118 comments

  Most discussed majortom1029: Whats even funnier is when you walk into bestbuy and the employee tells you dont bother just go to newegg. I more »

• lawsuits

  Microsoft Goes After Internet Ad Fraudsters In Court

  Microsoft feels it was tricked out of $750,000 in online ad dollars by three Vancouver residents, so it's suing their pants off and trying to set a new precedent for throwing legal heft around in the digital advertising world. More »

  10:34 AM on Tue Jun 16 2009
  By Phil Villarreal
  0 views, 76 comments

• blogging

  FTC Wants Bloggers To Reveal When They're Being Compensated To Promote A Product

  You know what's worse than not having a big bag of M&Ms on your desk to enjoy while you work? Having to read a blogvertisement disguised as editorial content! Hold on, I have to eat some more M&Ms. Good gravy these are delicious. Did you know M&M's cure malaria? It's true! Anyway, the FTC says bloggers should reveal when they're being compensated in some way to promote a product, and I agree. More »

  2:29 PM on Thu Jun 11 2009
  By Chris Walters
  0 views, 111 comments

  Most discussed Guvmint_Cheese: This is censorship. The internet is not the same as a newspaper, and bloggers are not the same as more »

• wedding registry

  Is Pottery Barn Stalking Me Through Facebook?

  Jacob got engaged last weekend. Yay! Mysteriously, before the wedding plans could even begin, his fiancée received an e-mail from Pottery Barn inviting her to start a wedding registry. Except she never signed up with them, or told any other retailer that she was engaged. What she did do was...change her Facebook status. More »

  2:58 PM on Mon Jun 8 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  0 views, 111 comments

  Most discussed BuyingPowerTools_GitEm...: Is this any worse than a company following me on Twitter for merely mentioning them in a Tweet? It's more »

• psas

  Looking To Interview Truth-In-Advertising Lawyer

  Are you a lawyer with experience and knowledge of truth-in-advertising litigation? Or know someone who is? I'm looking to interview such a person for an article with a deceptive marketing hook. Email me at ben@consumerist.com, subject line, "lawyer."

  3:51 PM on Wed Jun 3 2009
  By Ben Popken
  0 views, 5 comments

• all the cool kids are doing it

  Coalition Says Movies Try To Sell You Tasty, Cool Cigarettes

  Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke reports the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the California Youth Advocacy Network and the American Medical Association Alliance have teamed to launch an ad campaign to warn against Hollywood's tendency to shill for the tobacco industry. More »

  8:00 AM on Thu May 28 2009
  By Phil Villarreal
  0 views, 90 comments

  Most discussed BuyingPowerTools_GitEm...: OK, people smoke. It's a part of the public. Apparently a huge part judging by all the laws more »

• is it lunchtime yet?

  Food Advertising Reality Check: Pizza And Burger Edition

  This doesn't quite qualify as "unacceptable food." More like "food that doesn't look quite like depicted in the ads." We bring disappointing photographs of a frozen pizza from fancy-pants grocer Whole Foods, and a humble cheeseburger from Jack in the Box. More »

  9:48 AM on Wed May 27 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  0 views, 99 comments

  Most discussed lpranal: I'm not normally the anti-preservative / pro-organic type, but ever since I started making my pizza from scratch, I've lost more »

• credit card reform

  CARD Act Includes Limits On Not-So-Free Credit Report Ads

  A less-reported provision of the CARD Act, the credit card reform bill signed by President Obama on Friday, puts limits on ads promoting that old Consumerist nemesis, "free" credit reports.
  

  The law calls for the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules that will force free credit report advertisers to inform consumers that the only place for a free credit report is AnnualCreditReport.com.

  Television and radio ads will also be required to include a pretty deflating statement: "This is not the free credit report provided for by Federal law."

  YAY! Wait, though. That's not the funny part. More »

  12:19 PM on Tue May 26 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  0 views, 55 comments

• lawsuits

  Hot Dog War: Ball Park Franks Sues Oscar Mayer Over Taste Test Claims

  Sara Lee, maker of Ball Park Franks, has sued Kraft, manufacturer of Oscar Mayer hot dogs over advertising that claimed that the Oscar Mayer Jumbo Beef Franks beat Ball Park and ConAgra Foods' Hebrew National hot dogs in a national taste test. Turns out, it wasn't that simple. More »

  11:40 AM on Thu May 21 2009
  By Meg Marco
  0 views, 95 comments

  Most discussed Skankingmike: Hebrew Nationals! or Nathans more »

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