“What happens if you take remote Chiang Mai villagers who have never seen a burger, who don’t even have a word for ‘burger,’” asks the narrator of Burger King’s new “Whopper Virgins” commercial, “and ask them to…
Supporters of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., have managed a sizable advertising buy with a pointed message aimed at attendees of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in St. Paul.
According to Paul’s Campaign for Liberty, two billboards in downtown Minneapolis…
East-Lake points out new billboards produced by The Daily Show to welcome the Republican National Convention. This one, near Highway 77 and 494, welcomes “rich white oligarchs.” Jon Stewart’s Comedy Central show will be taping in St. Paul Sept. 2 through 5 at The History Theatre at McNally Smith College of Music.
Iowa-based conservative advocacy group includes masterminds of Swift Boat and Willie Horton ads
By Jason Hancock, Iowa Independent
A network of Iowa Republicans is playing a leading role in a secretive group advocating nationally on behalf of “conservative and free market ideals” in congressional races around the country. Among the group’s leaders are two media consultants who played key roles in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads in 2004 and the Willie Horton ad in 1988, both of which helped defeat Democratic presidential candidates.
As we’ve said before, McCain = Bush is sure to be a recurring equation used by Democrats and their supporters in the run-up to November, but a new radio campaign by Americans…
The little girl featured in stock footage used in Hillary Clinton’s “3.a.m. girl” commercial has a spot of her own — for Barack Obama. She deconstructs Clinton’s ad — the blue tinting of eight-year-old footage she figured might be used…
Groan: Could this 2006 campaign ad by Eliot Spitzer be any lamer? Maybe, but it probably couldn’t be more ironic. Touring the childhood school of runningmate David Paterson (now New York’s governor), Spitzer mentions “street signs” that mark the building’s…
The Mankato Free Press is accused of using the Lord’s name in vain: On January 14, it ran a story about city ordinance changes that affect highway ads, junked cars and roadside landscaping ornaments. Headlined…
Target spokesperson Amy VonWalter admits that her company has been traditionally conservative when it comes to dealing with the media, and its policy of not talking to trade publications and bloggers stems from that. But…
This Target billboard, spotted by a Flickr user in Times Square, seems to have completely missed its mark with some marketing watchdogs. Amy Jussel, founder of Shaping Youth, an organization that looks into the…
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