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Monday, 1 October 2001
Truth

Speaking of "TRUTH", another one of those self-congratulatory Truth ads came out recently. In this one, a guy in a plane distributes eyeballs to a whole stadium full of people. This is, what, the third eyeball-distributing ad?

From what I understand, these Truth ads are a result of the government lawsuits against the big tobacco companies; they're paid for by money taken from big tobacco, and they're supposed to spread awareness about the dangers of smoking. A cartoon about a guy handing out eyeballs does this how, exactly?

It's pretty obvious these completely ineffectual ads are not only being paid for by the tobacco companies -- they're being written by them, too.

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