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Originally Posted by Withano

I dont believe this was accidental tbh. I think companies are starting to work out that bad publicity and an apology works better than a good ad campaign.

Like, if they truly believed this was a good ad campaign, they would have made it look way better.

Originally Posted by Cherie

I'm cynical like this as well, I think any publicity and a furore on twitter is what companies want now, there are too many "mistakes" made in advertising these days unless it really is peopled by idiots

Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't mind it, it's fine what I don't like is the hypocrisy because you know an ad like this would never get out of the boardroom about some other religions, and I am not talking just Islam

also if Christmas is no longer about religion, it isn't very apt is it

And yet, no one believed me about the Dove ad a month ago.

But yes. Of course they do it on purpose. To get an ad in the paper as advertising costs a fortune. Getting an ad in the paper as "news" is 100% free.