The Campaign Ad the GOP Won’t Run

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2006 "Airplane" director David Zucker has produced a satirical ad criticizing the Clinton administration's dealings with North Korea that is so inflammatory that GOP strategists have refused to use it in campaigns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert Campaigns for Tom DeLay

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 The Hammer has his hands full defending himself in court, but he?s still on the ballot in Texas, so Stephen Colbert was kind enough to make a campaign ad for him. The prayer Tom DeLay says he made before having his mug shot taken, that ?people see Christ through me,? serves as the inspiration for the ad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Roster of Prominent Americans Calls for End of ‘Bush Regime’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2006 A wide array of artists, politicians, academics and journalists endorsed a full-page ad in the N.Y. Times on Thursday that calls for a day of mass resistance Oct. 5 to "drive out the Bush regime." The signers include: Jane Fonda, Gore Vidal, Sean Penn, Alice Walker, Lewis Lapham, Susan Sarandon, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Maxine Waters, Cornel West, Margaret Cho and Paul Haggis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Meet the Bad Boy of Political Advertising

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2006 He transformed former Gov. Jesse Ventura into a Rodin sculpture and a Texas gubernatorial candidate into an action figure. He also paired Ned Lamont with Daily Kos founder Markos Zuniga. But Bill Hillsman produces winners, so why is he shunned by most of the political advertising establishment? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Daily Kos: Lieberman Campaign Comes Unhinged Over Ad

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2006 Markos gets a huge laugh out of Sen. Lieberman's response to challenger Ned Lamont's latest campaign ad. (The ad Kos links to -- which The Hotline called potentially "legendary" -- is a must-see.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hollywood Studio Produces Ad Against Suicide Bombing

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 A Hollywood studio and a Lebanese production company have produced a $1-million public service ad aimed at discouraging suicide bombings. Their funding came from "an independent, non-governmental group of scholars, non-political people," according to an exec. (Via Huff Po) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Google Wants to Listen to Your TV to Place Ads

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2006 OK, now this is getting just downright creepy: Google has apparently tested a system that allows your computer to "listen" to your TV, recognize what program you're watching, and then serve up ads related to that show. Freaked out? Check out Truthdig contributor (and Google book author) Mark Malseed on Google and privacy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Tampon Ads During the Papal Visit

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2006 The Polish town of Wadowice has banned ads for alcohol contraceptives, lingerie and tampons during Pope Benedict's visit You won't believe why Read on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Horror, the Horror! Ads Come to Theater

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2006 Just before the start of a theater show in the East Village of New York, a woman on stage extols the virtues of London honeymoons. It's an advertisment that is itself advertised as the first live theatrical commercial. Are those the four horsemen of the apocalypse I see yonder? Dig deeper

Her Majesty’s Secret Service Wants You!

Blair Golson / Truthdig Apr 28, 2006 For the first time in its history, the UK's equivalent of the CIA is advertising for agents The MI6 website says: "Staff who join SIS can look forward to a stimulating and rewarding career which, like [James] Bond's, will be in the service of their country". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Corporate Propaganda Has Infiltrated TV News

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2006 An expose by the Center for Media and Democracy and Free Press caught 77 local stations passing off advertisements as legitimate news. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

MoveOn.org Ad Likens Bush to Nixon on Spying

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2006 Watch the current president morph into the former president in this new video advertisement from the liberal advocacy group. | video Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )