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Comcast Must Die

Seeking Ideas for a Consumer Jihad

Posted by Bob Garfield on 09.09.07 @ 05:22 PM

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

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Trix Are For Kids

Silly Frenchmen, Don't You Know It's Sleazy to Fool Children?

Posted by Bob Garfield on 02.28.07 @ 06:43 PM

My daughter, who is almost six, had an enormous dinner just one hour ago. Sometimes she is just the hungriest little caterpillar.

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Liars and the Lying Lies They Lie About

Advertising Still Has Some Dark Corners Where Truth is Seldom Spoken

Posted by Bob Garfield on 02.13.07 @ 12:50 PM

A few years ago on some panel about political advertising, I asserted that the whole genre is a pack of lies and is the ugliest stain on our democracy. This assertion was met with a parting shot by another panelist, a brand-name academic on the subject, who came back with "our research shows that most statements made in political ads are true."

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Welcome to the Grindstone

I Strongly Advise You to Call This Number And Inquire About Their Sleazy Marketing Tactics

Posted by Bob Garfield on 11.06.06 @ 07:27 PM

The envelope is one of those peal-a-pouch deals, like from a W2 form or government check. The return address says simply FORM: GOV877-L3. Beneath the adddress line it says "WARNING: $2000 FINE OR 5 YEARS IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH FOR ANY PERSON INTERFERING OR OBSTRUCTING WITH DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER. 1702 U.S. CODE.

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