Advertisements http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5771/all en Ads So Vulgar Even Lefties are Offended? http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ads-so-vulgar-even-lefties-are-offended <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Playtex campaign’s cheap sex jokes fall flat. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kristine-marsh">Kristine Marsh</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><span style="font-size: small;">A new ad campaign from feminine hygiene brand “Playtex” has people upset on both the right and left. Playtex’s “Fresh + Sexy” ads aim to “help you freshen up before and after sex, so you’re ready for whatever comes next,” according to the <a href="http://www.freshandsexy.com/?gclid=CMDB9qfPuLUCFe1lOgodN0oAng">campaign’s website</a>.</span>&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/ads-so-vulgar-even-lefties-are-offended" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Family Advertisements HuffPo Jezebel Playtex Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:29:39 +0000 matt.philbin 42650 at http://archive2.mrc.org Another Win for Occupy Wall Street: Cute Commercials for McDonald's, Vegas Vacations http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/another-win-occupy-wall-street-cute-commercials-mcdonalds-vegas-vacations <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>New York Times reporters are eager to see the influence of the left-wing sit-in Occupy Wall Street around every corner.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/another-win-occupy-wall-street-cute-commercials-mcdonalds-vegas-vacations" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Advertisements lunch Occupy Wall Street Tanzina Vega vacation Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:01:15 +0000 clay.waters 40582 at http://archive2.mrc.org A Suspicious "Deep-Pocketed Conservative Group" http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/suspicious-deep-pocketed-conservative-group <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times front page warns readers about Freedom&#039;s Watch, a &quot;deep-pocketed conservative group&quot; with suspicions of White House ties. Did the left-wing MoveOn.org ever receive this level of scrutiny from the paper. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/us/politics/30watch.html?_r=" target=_self ? 1&hp='&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all"'>Big Coffers and a Rising Voice Lift a New Conservative </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/us/politics/30watch.html?_r=" ? 1&hp='&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all"'>Group</a>," reporter Don Van Natta Jr.'s front-page Sunday profile of the "deep-pocketed conservative group" Freedom's Watch, raised questions ofWhite House ties on three occasions.</p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/suspicious-deep-pocketed-conservative-group" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Advertisements DonvanNatta DoubleStandards Freedom'sWatch GeorgeW.Bus MoveOn.org NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:38:00 +0000 admin 5796 at http://archive2.mrc.org No Matter Who Runs the Ad, Rudy Still Looks Bad http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/no-matter-who-runs-ad-rudy-still-looks-bad <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Give the Times points for consistency - it concludes that both MoveOn.org&#039;s anti-Giuliani ads and Giuliani&#039;s own anti-Hillary ads make him look bad. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Political-media reporter Katharine Seelye reviewed the third in a series of "betrayal" themed ads from the radical leftists at MoveOn.org, the group recently notorious for its infantile "<a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2007/20070914125229.aspx " target="_self">General </a><a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2007/20070914125229.aspx ">Petraeus or General Betray Us?</a>" ad in the Times that embarrassed even many Democrats.</p><br /> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/no-matter-who-runs-ad-rudy-still-looks-bad" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Advertisements Campaign2008 DoubleStandards Gen.DavidPetraeu KatharineSeelye MarcSantora MoveOn.org NewYorkTimes NYTimes RudyGiuliani Sen.HillaryClinton TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:57:00 +0000 admin 5781 at http://archive2.mrc.org