When modern advertising is a spectrum of “lies, damn lies, and statistics,” I don’t blame folks for crying foul and demanding a baseline level of truth in adver

When modern advertising is a spectrum of “lies, damn lies, and statistics,” I don’t blame folks for crying foul and demanding a baseline level of truth in advertising. When folks trust but verify, this is seen as a change in the status quo by folks, and some of those folks who protest about it in those terms are trying to sell you something.