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Food brands celebrate our awful year with advertisements

Food brands celebrate our awful year with advertisements

09.29.2020

by The Counter

Smithfield Foods used a newspaper ad to attack the media. Here’s how it’s done—and why—in 12 tweets.

Smithfield Foods used a newspaper ad to attack the media. Here’s how it’s done—and why—in 12 tweets.

08.04.2020

by The Counter

Be more like Burger King—and save the news industry?

Be more like Burger King—and save the news industry?

05.12.2020

by The Counter

Burger King’s latest ad campaign features a moldy Whopper

Burger King’s latest ad campaign features a moldy Whopper

02.20.2020

by The Counter

How advertising shaped Thanksgiving as we know it

How advertising shaped Thanksgiving as we know it

11.22.2018

by Dr. Samantha Cross

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