On the other hand: Joe Public, Perceptions of Advertising and the Son of the Cowardly Lion

Citing a recent JWT survey that reported the generally low opinion that the public has of advertising, Tummler, Warc's regular columnist, suggests that the industry might partially have itself to blame.

On the other hand: Joe Public, Perceptions of Advertising and the Son of the Cowardly Lion

Tummler

Twenty years ago, the New Yorker's [then] theater critic John Lahr dipped his pen in bile and body-slammed our saintly trade, opining: "Society drives people...

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