I remember 1950’s TV; especially the commercials which would leave one to conclude that the Western free enterprise system was alive & well with no criticisms from the Left. No one said on TV that in the USSR at least the trains ran on time. Union strikers were usually regarded as troublemakers.
It’s not like a Lifebouy ad ended with the model holding up a bar & saying, “Try Lifebouy Soap. After all, how many brands of soap do we really need?”
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Exactly. I recall the Lucky Strike and Byrlcreem adds. It was the mid around the Kennedy Era when the news changed slightly.