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The 10 most complained about ads from last year...
Simon:
The "Get unhooked" advert aimed at getting people to quit smoking was the most complained about advert last year. The Department of Health advert prompted 774 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The number of adverts complained about in 2007 was the highest ever at 14,080 and key grievances were violence and misleading claims about being green. But 2,458 adverts were changed or withdrawn following action by the ASA, it said in its annual report. So here are the top 10 adverts of 2007, measured by volume of complaints:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7373667.stm
Clive:
Interestingly, I only saw one of those ten adverts! That was the MFI showing couples having arguments. Not sure why I didn't see any of the others!
Simon:
I hardly even see ads, as I record everything, so I skip through them. :)
sam:
I'm not sure why people moaned about a bunch of these... or why only a couple of hundred people moaning causes such problems!!! If only the government followed that policy and when a million march against war actually listen to them.
Some of the complaints are funny. I particularly liked the quorn add :laugh:
Reno:
I don't watch tv that often so no ads for me either.
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