Offensive Advertising

WATCH: Legal Sea Foods Offensive New Ads

Posted 11.13.2011

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Legal Sea Foods has gotten itself into hot water before with environmental advocacy groups by hosting events such as a blacklist fish dinner. But it ...

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The Most Controversial Beverage Ads

The Daily Meal | Posted 09.24.2011

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The Daily Meal

You expect that liquor brands will come out with controversial ads. That beer companies will run commercials that are a little racy. That an energy dr...

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Groupon and Kenneth Cole: Trafficking in Human Misery

Catherine Ventura | Posted 05.25.2011

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Catherine Ventura

While most of Cole's provocative ads suggest positive change, his "it's all about me" appropriations of real loss and tragedy, like the Groupon ad, minimize the very real suffering of countries, communities, and cultures.

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Groupon's Offensive Super Bowl Ad Makes Tibetan Cause Relevant Again

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disgrasian

Guys, seriously, Groupon did a good thing, okay? Because after they aired that Super Bowl ad about Tibetans-being-oppressed-but-who-gives-a-shit-when-we-can-save-money, we're actually talking about Tibet today.

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Five Sexist Trends the Advertising World Just Can't Shake

Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Leo

Here are the worst of them--the trends that won't die despite our cultural outrage, and personal boredom.

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