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Deception Perception

Chris at Shotgun Concepts gives us this to chew on.

“What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.” – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, “Discovery”, 1964

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Steffansson was an Arctic explorer, author and anthropologist.

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  2. Wade Sturdivant says

    I wonder which type of advertising was utilized as a means of raising money for his arctic explorations, selling or promoting his books and furthering the study of anthropology?
    Sheesh. You’d think a scientist of all people would resist the urge to see things so narrowly. What a lame-o.