Advertising is way out of hand. How do they get away with straight out lies?

nobody keeps them in check. If we do nothing, and allow them to keep doing it then they will.... I know there are consumer watch groups. and with the right tests they are not lying. Like with the old Bounty paper towel and the coffee cup. You had to do it just right for the cup not to fall through paper towel, but they didn't lie.

Because viewers themselves believe right away. People should really research more before buying.

The government has been doing it for years. Are they going to police the advertisers?

The market has gotten so competitive and there are so many different versions of the same product out there that advertisers are becoming more and more desperate to get a product noticed....I don't like the lengths they go to but then I don't have to buy their products if I don't want to..I laugh at some of the ads they come up with..

The mass media has the power to do that. And indeed, the mainstream Western and Israeli media uses this power...

First you have to remember this country was founded and based on a living God, but now America has given it to the devil, by taking God out of everything. So are morals have gone down the drain, more & more each and every year. Our country has let other gods in it and other un Godly people in it and has changed what used to be a great country, into a country that dont care about anything that is right. I pray that one day we will turn back to God before it is to late, But I'm afraid it is already to late.

They aren't straight ou tlies. I have up to 1 billion dollars. Key phrase there. UP TO.

Tonight, I went out to dinner. The resteraunt had a "Chocolate Cherry Milkshake". The shake in the picture had whipped cream and a cherry on top. The description mentioned nothing about having cherries and whipped cream on top, so they didn't have to put it on the shake. Its misleading, not lies.

Yes, it is true that Advertising has gone out of Hand, but if it did, it is our fault, because we are the ones who should be more careful when we are shown a product, that for some is the real thing, but when you buy it is, not worth what you paid for it.

they try to put a spin on it ie it could be this or that when it ain close to that or this like used car salesman or insurance they put their own slant on and sell you want they think you need or want, Which advertising you dont specify it could be Coke which has led many a person to obseity yet all their ads show young healthy Slim people drinking their product they dont show the other side you see every day with obese people drinking it do they>>>>...misledding yes untruthfull yes but its spin they put on it.