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Do TV Ads Forecast the Future?
Townhall. com ^ | January 10, 2022 | Lawrence Mead

Posted on 01/10/2022 11:09:11 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: AustinBill
Ads aren’t designed to be liked. They’re designed to be remembered, and at this they are very, very good.

As are supposed to be designed so that you like the product. That you feel good about the product. If you feel offended, that's bad for the product.

41 posted on 01/10/2022 1:23:09 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Joe Brower
Perhaps one positive aspect of the massive prevalence of blacks and other POC in commercials nowadays is that, in these commercials, they are portrayed having solid families,

Actually, black men are portrayed as responsible fathers who lead solid families. White men are inept goofballs.

42 posted on 01/10/2022 1:25:02 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Kaslin

Life imitating what is not art. There is no real beauty to it. If it is an art, it’s the art of deception.


43 posted on 01/10/2022 1:26:49 PM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Kaslin
positive impact on the most visible aspects of American life—the arts (especially music), entertainment, religion, politics, and sports.

It's hard for me to even consider Rap music as music, and it sure as hell ain't positive.

Black leaders and stars achieved this even though ... their group today is still only 13 percent of the population.

But they are in probably 85% of the commercials.

44 posted on 01/10/2022 1:44:43 PM PST by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Kaslin
For some reason the Mud Sharks depicted don't have on Mud Shark™ shades...


45 posted on 01/10/2022 1:54:05 PM PST by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Red Badger

And just like that white people like me stopped watching and buying 🤪


46 posted on 01/10/2022 2:03:09 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: GOPJ

Do you watch FOX News?


47 posted on 01/10/2022 2:05:17 PM PST by Kaslin (Joe Biden, aka president Milk Carton)
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To: Kaslin

Just do a simple experiment.

Show an ad with nothing but white people.

Then show one of the current ads with nothing but blacks.

Which side is going to complain more? Hint: It won’t be our side.


48 posted on 01/10/2022 2:05:21 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Kaslin

Someone watching TV from outer space must wonder how so few white people have controlled so many black folks for so long,


49 posted on 01/10/2022 2:16:47 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Steve_Seattle

AJ was the first black millionaire in the country.

Yes…blacks want to see people like themselves on TV, not people like her.


50 posted on 01/10/2022 2:18:37 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Kaslin

TV is pushing perception. Perception, often, in no way resembles reality.


51 posted on 01/10/2022 2:21:45 PM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: Paladin2
"...What TV?..."

I used to actually watch one of those things. (Can you believe it?)
And actually, I still have the very same device.
When I found a plug on the back of it labeled: 'VGA - IN' I decided
that I coud still use it - so I didn't throw it away.
It's sitting on the desk in front of me, next to this tablet computer thingy.
Makes a pretty decent desktop computer monitor, actually. LOL

52 posted on 01/10/2022 2:23:50 PM PST by GaltAdonis (As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. Abe Lincoln)
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To: Angelino97

But you won’t see a white man/black woman couple. Dat makes the brothers mad.


53 posted on 01/10/2022 2:59:17 PM PST by jimbug
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To: Joe Brower

‘...in these commercials, they are portrayed having solid families, cookouts, trips to the park, etc., and a lot of generally wholesome stuff.’

should you wish to be disabused of this notion, just watch the next NFL game. whenever it comes, this Saturday, if I’m not mistaken...

lotsa jive, lotsa loose fitting clothes, lotsa woofing...


54 posted on 01/10/2022 3:08:43 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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55 posted on 01/10/2022 3:11:31 PM PST by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: jimbug
But you won’t see a white man/black woman couple. Dat makes the brothers mad.

I've seen a couple.

56 posted on 01/10/2022 3:14:44 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Angelino97

‘White men are inept goofballs.’

one of the many of those types that sticks out is a Folgers commercial that shows a white guy checking in on his laptop wearing a suit and tie and bright colored undershorts; he’s on with a black guy and a white woman and is oblivious to his appearance for awhile...

the look on the woman’s face says it all; the dripping contempt for white men...

why it’s necessary to do racial and genetic shaming to sell coffee remains unclear...


57 posted on 01/10/2022 3:16:47 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: ClearCase_guy

Re-read your post, and replace white with “hispanic” or black with “hispanic”.

Something else is happening here...

and it is not good.


58 posted on 01/10/2022 3:20:29 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: lakecumberlandvet

A nice friendly visit to the “hood” will take care of that “perception” problem in a hurry.....


59 posted on 01/10/2022 3:21:54 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: DoodleDawg

‘I’ve seen a couple.’

like the one where a white guy serves his black girlfriend a heaping portion homemade spaghetti on cheap paper plate; which he proceeds to dump right on her lap...


60 posted on 01/10/2022 3:29:39 PM PST by IrishBrigade
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