Reading Advertising Fine Print

I spend a great deal of time flitting around the web looking for useful stuff to share with CTCN readers. Most often, I bookmark sites and they become lost in the blizzard of life. Occasionally, I find one which I post immediately because I find it so compelling.

Such is the case with Mouse Print, a blog which looks at the advertising fine print and misdirection. I found it to be quite an eye opener and read every post. Some of these ads are blatant misrepresentations, others a little more coy. Take a look and tell me what you think. If you're like me, you'll be shaking your head after the third or fourth ad.

The Miracle Pill

September 1856--This ad, which appeared in the Coshocton Democrat, promised a healthful life by taking a pill. Don't they all?-ed

"Holloway's Pills may be taken safely by both sexes, and all ages, their effect being mild yet positive; their searching properties renders them invaluable for the extermination of every disease, particularly liver and stomach complaints; billious disorders, and indigestion.

As a purifier of the system, they are unequaled, and their virtues in cases of termination of blood to the head, and asthmatic complaints, cannot be too highly commented on, in short, by a perseverance with these admirable pills, there are few complaints which can resist their extraordinary influence."