Deceptive Advertising Quotes

The thing about astroturfing is that it can be really believable.

WARNING: POLITICAL ADVERTISING CAN LEGALLY DISTORT THE TRUTH.

I know how tough it is to stand up to powerful forces that prey on consumers.

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.

Daily fantasy sports is neither victimless nor harmless, and it is clear that DraftKings and FanDuel are the leaders of a massive, multi-billion-dollar scheme intended to evade the law and fleece sports fans across the country.

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

The infamous political ads like Carly Fiorina's 'Demon Sheep' and Christine O'Donnell's 'I Am Not a Witch' are so confusing, it's almost like they were paid for by Democrats.

What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.

Clickbait is the worst. That's my big moral highground, when I don't click on clickbait.

The elections are run by the same guys who sell toothpaste. They show you an image of a sports hero, or a sexy model, or a car going up a sheer cliff or something, which has nothing to do with the commodity, but it's intended to delude you into picking this one rather than another one.

The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.

Good advertising can make people buy your product even if it sucks ... A dollar spent on brainwashing is more cost-effective than a dollar spent on product improvement.

It is very dangerous for a government, judge or jury to determine what is deceptive advertising in a political context…. We pay a price for freedom of speech, and that price includes falsehoods that can be repeated thousands of time.

Advertising never sold a bad product twice.

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.

There's a fine line between marketing and grand theft.

The bottom line is this: A private company and/or its industry allies should not knowingly lie to the American people about the harms that are caused by its product.

Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services, undermine the very foundations of our society.

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

Consumers recognize, and don't like, corporate lying.

I formulated the theme behind 'The Grand Illusion' album after observing how American culture creates illusions through advertising and entertainment to convince us that our lives our lacking, in order to sell products.

The art of advertising - untruthfulness combined with repetition.

advertisement ... has brought our disregard for truth into the open without even a figleaf to cover it.

Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.