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Entries Tagged as 'Evils of Advertising'

This can’t be healthy

December 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I’m suffering from a major sinus meltdown at the moment which means I’m housebound and claustrophobic. Hardly any voice, crappy feeling and just not a happy creature. Which means, I have an excess amount of time on my hands to watch incredibly trashy tv (now I remember why I prefer to work during the day) [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Celebrity · Childhood · Corporate Greed · Evils of Advertising · TV

Drive-by photoshopping

October 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Help, help … my arm won’t stop growing….

This is from the current Gap Clothing web site…. Dunno about you but she doesn’t look like she’s leaning to one side … so unless the woman is a hunchback, this photo has been over photoshopped. Then again there is the possibility her left arm really does [...]

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Tags: Dubious Marketing · Evils of Advertising · Fashion industry

Dear Burger King

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Dear Burger King,
I’ve written before about your ill advised advertisements and the lack of judgement shown by both those  who create your ad campaigns and by those who approve them.  Your company shows an appalling insensitivity and astounding lack of common sense. Your latest ad, showing a Hindu Goddess floating atop a hamburger simply re-inforces [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Corporate Greed · Dubious Marketing · Evils of Advertising · Food · Rants · Utter Stupidity

Creepy ass corporate award goes to ….

April 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Well done Burger King. Nothing like sleaze and degradation to sell kids meal hamburgers. Your latest mis-entry into the advertising world, featuring a Sponge Bob spoof, does nothing but degrade women. In this age of enlightened thinking, it’s always nice to know there are still some knuckle dragging Neanderthals still at work in the corporate [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Dubious Marketing · Evils of Advertising · Obnoxious People · Rants · Utter Stupidity