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A digitally enhanced collage Toyota ad showing a truck being swallowed by the Loch Ness Monster was no problem. Neither was a Ford a d showing a car flying off a cliff. collage Or a Powerade commercia l showing basketball collage star LeBron James effortlessly hitting a full-court shot.
It’s deceptive in a way the other aren’t, says the FTC. Here’s why: The ad shows a Nissan Frontier pickup pushing a stalled buggy up a steep sand dune. In fact, both the dune buggy and the truck were dragged up the hill by cables, while the sand dune was altered to appear steeper in the commercial than it actually was, the FTC said. The illusion had the effect of making the truck appear stronger than it was — but not in an obviously unrealistic way, making it potentially deceptive. Read the full story .
From the same Gu’ment that takes control of “education” comes protection of the vast too unschooled/stupid to think critically. What a great country this America once was. 6:00 pm January 23, 2014 JC wrote:
Why doesn’t the FTC go after Toyota for showing their POS Tundra towing the Space Shuttle? The Tundra has the lowest towing capacity in its class. So what do they do, they lie and exaggerate its towing capacity. 5:58 pm January 23, 2014 JC wrote:
Why doesn’t the FTC go after Toyota for showing their POS Tundra pulling the Space Shuttle! It has the lowest towing capacity in its class, collage so what do they do, they lie and exaggerate the towing collage capacity.
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