The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What's wrong with this picture?
- Jef I. Richards
Lie, Law, Political, Ad
There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time.
- Jef I. Richards
News, Huge Difference, Ad
Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers.
- Jef I. Richards
Children, Congress, Phrase, Tobacco
If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless.
- Jef I. Richards
Trust, Trusted, Pointless, Ethically
While it may be true that the best advertising is word-of-mouth, never lose sight of the fact it also can be the worst advertising.
- Jef I. Richards
Lose, Fact, May, Word-Of-Mouth
Creativity is an advertising agency's most valuable asset, because it is the rarest.
- Jef I. Richards
Most, Agency, Rarest, Valuable Asset
I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising is that powerful will believe almost anything.
- Jef I. Richards
Will, I Wish, Gullible, Almost Anything
There's so much truly putrid advertising out there it's embarrassing. But not all advertising is bad. Some of it is really quite mediocre.
- Jef I. Richards
Advertising, Bad, Some, Embarrassing
Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'
- Jef I. Richards
Art, Creative, Advertising, Strategy
In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.
- Jef I. Richards
World, Endangered Species, Tobacco
Is advertising a profession, like law or medicine? How many new parents clutch their baby to their breast and declare, 'I want this child to grow up to be a media planner'?
- Jef I. Richards
Law, New, Profession, Clutch
Advertising is the 'wonder' in Wonder Bread.
- Jef I. Richards
Advertising, Bread, Wonder
I believe 'credibility' is one of the biggest issues yet to be addressed by Internet advertisers.
- Jef I. Richards
Issues, Credibility, Biggest, Advertiser
Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.
- Jef I. Richards
Money, Advertising, Unless, Unnecessary
The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma.
- Jef I. Richards
Death, Think, I Think, Revelation
Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.
- Jef I. Richards
Speech, Effective, Often, Advertising
In advertising, sex sells. But only if you're selling sex.
- Jef I. Richards
Sex, Only, Sells, Advertising
Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it when we see it.
- Jef I. Richards
See, Commercial, Like, Speech
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