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Exactly - and I feel it's an important distinction to make in this context and the wider environment of manufactured outrage. Clearcast say the same: "The conc
by wastedhours 8y ago
Exactly - and I feel it's an important distinction to make in this context and the wider environment of manufactured outrage.
Clearcast say the same: "The concerns of Clearcast and the broadcasters do not extend to the content or message of the ad, i.e. Clearcast does not consider the ad itself to be political."
The advert itself carries an important, but easy to gloss over, message.
They're exceptionally fortunate to now have a "Plan B" media maelstrom to help them cut through...
- dools 8y agoYou lost me at "manufactured outrage".
- wastedhours 8y agoI'm unsure why "manufactured outrage" is an issue here? That's exactly what this is. It's obviously being use for a positive purpose here to advertise the use of palm oil, but they could very easily clarify the lack of clearance and address it, instead using that lack of clearance to their own ends. Again, I'm not judging their morality in using this tactic to drive awareness of palm oil - but this is pretty much the dictionary definition of manufactured outrage, pushing the notion their story is being silenced, whilst knowingly ignoring the issue is actually about a very specific technicality.
- freeone3000 8y agoIf the ad isn't political, who gives a darn who said it?
- wastedhours 8y agoOfcom and the ASA who regulate political broadcasting in the UK.