<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Freethinker &#187; advertising</title> <atom:link href="http://fthink.org/tag/advertising/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://fthink.org</link> <description>Religion is the Survivalism of Higher Reasoning</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:40:37 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <atom:link rel='hub' href='http://fthink.org/?pushpress=hub'/> <item><title>Irrational Disbelief Syndrome</title><link>http://fthink.org/irrational-disbelief-syndrome/</link> <comments>http://fthink.org/irrational-disbelief-syndrome/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:54:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jon Henshaw</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fiberone]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://fthink.org/?p=207</guid> <description><![CDATA[The marketing agency for FiberOne has launched a clever campaign called Irrational Disbelief Syndrome. The advertising campaign is a mixture of clever, stupid, and the absurd, but it&#8217;s all of those things on purpose. The premise is that their high fiber foods taste good and will help you lose weight. From the campaign&#8217;s perspective, that&#8217;s [...]<p><a href="http://fthink.org/irrational-disbelief-syndrome/">Irrational Disbelief Syndrome</a> is a post from: <a href="http://fthink.org">Freethinker</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://media.fthink.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/irrational-disbelief-syndrome.jpg" alt="" title="Irrational Disbelief Syndrome" width="640" height="455" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-209" /><br /> The marketing agency for <a href="http://www.fiberone.com/">FiberOne</a> has launched a clever campaign called <a href="http://www.fiberone.com/copingwithdisbelief/">Irrational Disbelief Syndrome</a>. The advertising campaign is a mixture of clever, stupid, and the absurd, but it&#8217;s all of those things <em>on purpose</em>.</p><p>The premise is that their high fiber foods taste good and will help you lose weight. From the campaign&#8217;s perspective, that&#8217;s a <em>fact</em>, like gravity and the existence of bears. What&#8217;s interesting about the campaign is that they&#8217;re subtly attacking people with superstitious beliefs. The kind of beliefs that make the <a href="http://creationmuseum.org/">Creation Museum</a> possible.</p><p>The opening video on their Web site begins with a fake doctor, named Dr. Taggert Bane. He sets the tone of the campaign by stating:</p><blockquote><p>Irrational Disbelief Syndrome is when people are incapable of believing things that are universally understood to be true. Things like science, eggplants, and&#8230;</p></blockquote><p>Believers who <em>disbelieve</em> in the logical, rational world around them, may end up protesting against this new marketing campaign, because it&#8217;s directly mimicking and making fun of them. However, I&#8217;m betting they don&#8217;t get it, in the same way they don&#8217;t believe &#8220;things that are universally understood to be true.&#8221;</p><p><a href="http://fthink.org/irrational-disbelief-syndrome/">Irrational Disbelief Syndrome</a> is a post from: <a href="http://fthink.org">Freethinker</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://fthink.org/irrational-disbelief-syndrome/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Focus on the Family Could Have Spent 2.8 Million On&#8230;</title><link>http://fthink.org/focus-on-the-family-could-have-spent-2-8-million-on/</link> <comments>http://fthink.org/focus-on-the-family-could-have-spent-2-8-million-on/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:04:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jon Henshaw</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[policy]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://fthink.org/?p=199</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christine Vyrnon had a productive rant about Focus on the Family spending 2.8 million dollars on a subtle pro-life, anti-choice commercial during the Super Bowl. She proposed that they could have spent: 2.8 million dollars on single mothers in poverty. 2.8 million dollars to lobby for the end of wars that kill or internally, externally [...]<p><a href="http://fthink.org/focus-on-the-family-could-have-spent-2-8-million-on/">Focus on the Family Could Have Spent 2.8 Million On&#8230;</a> is a post from: <a href="http://fthink.org">Freethinker</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Christine Vyrnon had a <a href="http://hotforjesusformerfundie.blogspot.com/2010/02/focus-on-phallic-i-mean-family-thank.html">productive rant about Focus on the Family</a> spending 2.8 million dollars on a <em>subtle</em> pro-life, anti-choice commercial during the Super Bowl. She proposed that they could have spent:</p><ul><li>2.8 million dollars on single mothers in poverty.</li><li>2.8 million dollars to lobby for the end of wars that kill or internally, externally maim sons and brothers and fathers like Tebow – instead of the simulation of war in the stadiums.</li><li>2.8 million dollars on any number of women and children – just for the hell of it.</li><li>2.8 million dollars for young men and women who want to explore the world before they try to teach their kids about the world.</li><li>2.8 million dollars to pay for a mother&#8217;s or child&#8217;s medical bills.</li><li>2.8 million dollars to pay grannie&#8217;s heating bills.</li></ul><h3>Focus on the Family&#8217;s Super Bowl commercial with Pam and Tim Tebow</h3><p>Here&#8217;s the commercial in question. As I said before, it&#8217;s very subtle, and it&#8217;s meant to be a teaser to get you to visit their Web site. I have to admit, I didn&#8217;t recognize Tim Tebow without the Bible verses taped to his face.</p><p><span class="youtube"> <object width="640" height="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqReTDJSdhE&amp;color1=d6d6d6&amp;color2=f0f0f0&amp;border=0&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0?rel=1&amp;hd=1" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqReTDJSdhE&amp;color1=d6d6d6&amp;color2=f0f0f0&amp;border=0&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;showsearch=0?rel=1&amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="480"></embed><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> </object> </span><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqReTDJSdhE&fmt=18">www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqReTDJSdhE</a></p></p><p><a href="http://fthink.org/focus-on-the-family-could-have-spent-2-8-million-on/">Focus on the Family Could Have Spent 2.8 Million On&#8230;</a> is a post from: <a href="http://fthink.org">Freethinker</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://fthink.org/focus-on-the-family-could-have-spent-2-8-million-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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