Comments on: 6 Cases of Shamelessly False Advertising

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:49:46 +0000

Another large lawsuit was against LifeLock for their advertising of Todd Davis’ SSN in the commercial. They had to change the way they advertise as well.

By: Panda Rosa

Panda Rosa — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:54:17 +0000

Can’t ever listen to “I Fought The Law” without thinking of that sting operation. Now there’s one for the boys in blue.

By: James

James — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:52:38 +0000

Easy Dr Claude! lol
You are a bit cynical, and a trite cliche. Loosen up, not every advert is false…what about the little kid dressed up as Vader and he starts the car with the Force, real as real can be :-)

My take is that people like Kevin Trudeau and Gillian McKeith do have reasonable foundations. The former stole those common sense principles and tries to sell it. Thing is he is correct in that FDA and drug companies want to keep us on medicine, and if we took care of ourselves better and knew natural plants that could help with ailments we’d be better off. It helped our ancestors long long ago…

As for McKeith, she is a holistic doctor, she has a MA and PHd, just in what many would say is hokum science.

However, she has a point as well…eat healthy, walk, lots of vegetables and fruits…stay away from caffeine. She essentially made Buddhism/Taoism philosophies into a diet.

I know for myself that when I became ill this year, the more medicine I was given, the sicker I got…I rested, forced myself to walk and eat only beans, rice and vegetables…low and behold, I got better w/o side effects.

Would that cure me of cancer? Not at all…but for a non life threat, always fuel your body, excercise and mentally rest w/o a legalized drug dealer.

BTW, windex according to Big Fat Greek wedding is a cure all

By: Tammy King

Tammy King — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:18:30 +0000

My mom (RIP) never got the memo about Listerine! She also thought the Vicks Vaporub would cure everything!

By: EveL

EveL — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 01:01:01 +0000

“We’ll drink a drink a drink
To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
The saviour of the human race
For she invented medicinal compound
Most efficacious in every case.

Mr. Frears
had sticky-out ears
and it made him awful shy
and so they gave him medicinal compound
and now he’s learning how to fly.

Brother Tony
Was notably bony
He would never eat his meals
And so they gave him medicinal compound
Now they move him round on wheels.

We’ll drink a drink a drink
To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
The saviour of the human race
For she invented medicinal compound
Most efficacious in every case.

Old Ebeneezer
Thought he was Julius Caesar
And so they put him in a Home
where they gave him medicinal compound
and now he’s Emperor of Rome.

Johnny Hammer
Had a terrible stammer
He could hardly say a word
And so they gave him medicinal compound
Now he’s seen (but never heard)!

We’ll drink a drink a drink
To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
The saviour of the human race
For she invented medicinal compound
Most efficacious in every case.

Auntie Millie
Ran willy-nilly
When her legs, they did recede
And so they rubbed on medicinal compound
And now they call her Millipede.

Jennifer Eccles
had terrible freckles
and the boys all called her names
but she changed with medicinal compound
and now he joins in all their games.

We’ll drink a drink a drink
To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
The saviour of the human race
For she invented medicinal compound
Most efficacious in every case.

Lily the Pink, she
Turned to drink, she
Filled up with paraffin inside
and despite her medicinal compound
Sadly Picca-Lily died.

Up to Heaven
Her soul ascended
All the church bells they did ring
She took with her medicinal compound
Hark the herald angels sing.

Oooooooooooooooo Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’ll drink a drink a drink
To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
The saviour of the human race
For she invented medicinal compound
Most efficacious in every case”

By: Rina

Rina — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:12:24 +0000

Hehe I remember in a Simpsons Episode where Otto went into “Stoners Pot Palace” and realized it was a place that sold cookware and said “This is blatant false advertising!” ahahahaha!!

By: scribbles

scribbles — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:41:38 +0000

Lydia Pinkham’s vegetable compound must have been the inspiration for the “Vitameatavegamin” I Love Lucy Episode. Anyone see that one? She gets drunk while filming a commercial for the “healthy” elixir. Oh, Lucy!

By: Michael McConnell

Michael McConnell — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:32:59 +0000

Let’s not forget Bach flower remedies. Nothing but water and alcohol.

By: Dr Claude Windenberger

Dr Claude Windenberger — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:22:47 +0000

Even though I have earned a Ph.D in Quantum Physics and thus I am considered a scientist, I have come to the conclusion over the last few years that really ALL advertising is false advertising. My experience with the unconditional freedom process demonstrates that if I (or anyone else) want to be free from some unwanted condition, I have to be willing to be free from it, thus real freedom is always self-created
(How could freedom that depends on something else be called freedom anyway; I call that dependency, no matter what–whether the product was falsely advertised or not).
By unwanted condition, I mean any condition in a person’s life that she/he feels bad about and is trying to get rid of. This could be anything being experienced such as the conditions mentioned in this post–ailments, weaknesses, poor or average engine performance, environmental pollution, cancer, infections, allergies, colds, weak immune system, human ills, etc.
Of course, the lies perpetrated by ALL businesses, companies and individuals marketing anything (to try to change people’s minds) and using language such as “This product will do XXX for you, our company will produce YYYY benefit for you”, “I will solve your ZZZZZ problem”, etc. all those lies are possible simply because everyone perpetrates such lies, and thus there is a common agreement to “close an eye” or ignore the lies of those we jive with.
Our very existence and identity depends on perpetrating such lies, so in that sense, it’s OK.
The only reason some people are able to get rich at the expense of others is that these people are smart enough to listen to their market and respond in a way that makes them known, liked and trusted by the people in that market, and thus they are able to get away with their lies.
And if they are also good at promotion (at getting people in that market to change their behavior), they will sell a lot of their products and/or services, even though the latter are not really what creates the benefits that these people want (or rather these products and/or services are not what takes away the problems that these people have, which I call unwanted conditions).

By: Kristina the bureaucrat

Kristina the bureaucrat — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:27:56 +0000

Awwww, now you’ve got me jonesing for a blackberry Clearly Canadian. I miss those so bad, and it’s virtually impossible to find. Do they still even make the stuff? If they do I need to find a place and stock up!