Everything The Media Does To Manipulate You Into Buying Junk...

[Mosby]

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http://www.upworthy.com/everything-the-media-does-to-manipulate-you-into-buying-junk-you-dont-need-in-1-perfect-commercial

[Veilex]

1. Outstanding. EOM

[KurtNYC]

2. That is like so many corporate ads. I just grabbed one at random to compare...

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testubes ? check
ratios of ethnicity? check
beaches? check
same piano music as the generic? check
finishes with man on beach with son? check

[arikara]

5. You forgot the wind turbines

Actually that ad is so similar to the one Enbridge made to con BC into going for their pipeline.

[Mosby]

11. they also used stop motion

mentioned America several times and showed lots of waves.

Sorta creepy really.

[zebonaut]

3. This is done to make you think Corporations "Care"

Their favorite power word? "Committment"

[Blue Owl]

4. If it sounds crazy...

Just remember GWB's message to the nation following 9/11:

Keep. Shopping.

[KoKo]

18. That was as far as the guy could think...and it was ...disgusting..

But...folks did. And we got a Housing Bubble and Crash. The worst was yet to come.

Now he paints pictures......

[paleotn]

6. Yes, they care and are committed to....

....their shareholders first and foremost. That's right, a fiduciary responsibility to a few hedge funds and a bunch of giant institutional investors. Corporate officers are charged with making them and themselves rich at any cost, while at the same time building for themselves the best damn golden parachutes they possibly can in case something goes terribly wrong, or they just get tired of the bullshit. Yes, they will and do break the law when it's in their financial best interest to do so (seen it with me own eyes). Sometimes paying the fines and settlements is chump change compared to the financial gains from just doing whatever the hell they want. After all, if things get really hot, just go and buy some Congress Critters. In the vast, global, economic scheme of things, our elected officials are dirt cheap.

We the serfs? The environment? Some old guy in the developing world? They don't give a shit about any of that, but want you to think they do, so you'll have a good impression the next time you see their name on some product you're thinking about buying. Because, in the end, they just want your damn money so they can do all the shit I mentioned above.


....now put that to some nice music and pretty pictures. The reality kind of stinks. Maybe we should just stick to the corporate public affairs dream world.

[deutsey]

7. Bookmarking to watch later

in a place were work filters don't exist.

[passiveporcupine]

8. He forgot to mention the sexy voiced narrator

Was that Sam Elliot? Sure sounded like him. Morgan Freeman is always a good choice too.

[EC]

9. The media?

Wouldn't it be the Corporations + Ad Agencies brought to you by the Media? The Media is just a platform, not the manipulator.

[VWolf]

10. Wow, that makes me want to buy three of them!

Three of what? I don't care!

Look at all those happy people!


And ... the environment!


I'd be , if it wasn't so

[Tansy_Gold]

12. Vance Packard warned us

in 1957 with The Hidden Persuaders.

All that's changed is the vehicle. And I don't mean the car.

[drynberg]

13. The Corporadoes Attempt to Play Us like a freakin' fiddle...R E S I S T !

[BlancheSplanchnik]

14. Perfect! The Culture of Bullshit.

Step right up!

Lyrics

Live 1977

[BelgianMadCow]

15. remind me

to forever love you

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. is Tom Waits great, or what?

Hey, dont forget.....


to forever love me.
(I've always wanted to visit Belgium. )

[adirondacker]

20. Excellent Post! nt

[KoKo]

17. Recommend!

[ErikJ]

19. Worst ads are corporate ads to buy off the media like Big Oil and Defense

Those filthy American Petroleum Inst ads with that skinny lady in black make me want to smash the TV.
Those ads advertising their war jets etc. All to keep the media from saying too much about them in fear they will pull the ads.

[nilram]

21. "good"

That was "nice".