Fake Vick ad raises hackles of local SPCA
Today’s valuable lesson: Just because 865 people Digged it, that doesn’t make it true. Specifically, we’re talking about an ad purported to be from the Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, thanking NFL quarterback Michael Vick for adopting 14 pit bulls after Hurricane Katrina. (One or two of you might have heard that Vick is accused of bankrolling dogfights.) Apparently this attempt at dark comedy has gotten heavy circulation on the Internet, especially via the aforementioned Digg.com posting. The urban myth debunkers at Snopes.com have weighed in, letting everyone know that what looks like a crudely Photoshopped fake is actually, well, a crudely Photoshopped fake. Meanwhile, the Virginia Beach SPCA isn’t exactly laughing about being falsely linked to a guy who reportedly OK’d the electrocution of underperforming dogs.
—Posted by David Griner
Email
Print
- Yahoo Board Approves $1.1 Billion Tumblr Purchase
- Would Yahoo or Facebook Make a Better Tumblr Parent?
- Former Publicis COO Richard Pinder on Reimagining Global Networks
- Meet the Sleepy's Creative Finalists
- Yahoo Adding Tweets to Homepage
- Gevalia Aims for a Buzzy Social Partying Weekend
- Embattled Abercrombie CEO Backpedals on Exclusionary Comments
- NBCUniversal Expands Licensing Deal With Amazon
- The Story Behind 'This Is Water,' the Inspiring Video People Can't Stop Watching
- Goodby, Silverstein Brings the Funny for YouTube's First-Ever Comedy Week
- How AT&T Got Kids to Make Some of the Year's Best Ads
- Yahoo Board Approves $1.1 Billion Tumblr Purchase
- Buyers Pushing Nielsen Data for Web Video and YouTube Won't Play Ball
- Online Video Ads Have Higher Impact Than TV Ads
- Creative Focus: Slice of Life
- YouTube Star Tobuscus Forced Into Making Insane Musical Ad for Hot Pockets
AdFreak is your daily blog of the best and worst of creativity in advertising, media, marketing and design. Follow us as we celebrate (and skewer) the latest, greatest, quirkiest and freakiest commercials, promos, trailers, posters, billboards, logos and package designs around. Edited by Adweek's Tim Nudd. Updated every weekday, with a weekly recap on Saturdays.
