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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "ads"

The 10 Dumbest, Most Offensive Political Ads in Recent Memory

Nicholas Pell, AlterNet. December 27, 2011.

Not a single election cycle goes by without some attempt to use fear of the "other" to win votes. Sadly, the results are sometimes successful.

Perpetual National Elections Make the Top 1% Richer

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. December 11, 2011.

The presidential campaign season keeps getting longer, and more expensive, allowing the uber-rich to effectively control our democracy.

Sex Workers Speak Out on Village Voice Ad Controversy

Michelle Chen, In These Times. November 14, 2011.

Maybe the ethical clarity that moral crusaders desire requires less talking and more listening to what sex workers know, need and want.

Occupy TV Ads? The Branding of Occupy Wall Street

Justin Elliott, Salon. November 13, 2011.

Last week, the first Occupy Wall Street TV ad began airing on channels including Fox News and ESPN. Here's what the director of the ad has to say about it.

Hooked Up: Finding Casual Sex Through Online XXX Classifieds

Rachel Rabbit White, SeXis Magazine. March 3, 2011.

What happens in a casual hook-up with someone you only met online?

Does Kentucky Fried Chicken Own Your City's Fire Hydrants?

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. January 14, 2010.

Welcome to the latest reach by commercial hucksters to cover every square inch of America the Beautiful with ads.

Should We Ban Manipulative Marketing?

DaveJ, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2009.

Marketers today are learning how to reach down into the wiring of the brain itself.

Nasty Ads and Shady Campaign Contributions Take Over Judicial Races

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. June 12, 2009.

With 39 states now electing judges, the threat to impartial justice is frightening.

McCain Makes Moves to Run His Campaign on the Cheap

Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: Environment. October 23, 2008.

McCain is playing the hand he's been dealt.

More Proposition 8 Ads from California

Alex Blaze, The Bilerico Project AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. October 17, 2008.

How the campaign for Prop 8 is building its case.

Whose Ad Is More Effective, McCain or Obama's?

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2008.

You decide.

McCain's Distortions: I'm John McCain and I Approve This Message

Robert Greenwald, Brave New PAC AlterNet: Video. September 11, 2008.

Video proof that McCain's ads are lies.

McCain's Ad Scam: Why Pay For What the Media Will Do For Free?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 27, 2008.

McCain isn't airing most of his ads, just sending them directly to a media all too willing to show them around.

Worst. Poltical Ads. Ever!

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 21, 2008.

Winning awards in categories like Improper Props, Guilt By Association, and Rated Sexxx, and more!

Super Bowl Ads: Sexy or Sexist?

Em & Lo, Daily Bedpost AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 6, 2008.

The best and the worst from the big game.

Republicans and phone sex

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. October 23, 2006.

The next "egregiously stupid" attack ad...

New GOP ad threatens voters with destruction...

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. October 20, 2006.

Americans don't agree... worldwide survey on torture...