“By the time this child graduates from high school, her brain will have absorbed 350,000 television commercials, 100,000 alcohol ads and a daily barrage of sex and violence. If that doesn’t turn you off then nothing will.”
—TV Turnoff Week — April 22-28Adbusters)
Umm… why does it start on Tuesday? That’s probably an old ad. That’s what you get when you mix text and graphics — it’s harder to keep your information current.
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