When Advertising Bites

‘Nightmarish’ Ad Created for WWF Shows Planes Converging on NYC
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September 2, 2009

New York — It’s enough to make New Yorkers who lived through the Sept. 11th terror attacks sick.

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A print ad (above) purportedly for the World Wildlife Fund in Brazil featuring dozens of airplanes converging on lower Manhattan with the line “The 2004 Tsunami killed 100 times more people than 9/11.” The final line in the ad is “The planet is brutally powerful. Respect it. Preserve it.” Continue reading “When Advertising Bites”