(RED)Faced: AdAge 'Sucks Hard'

On Monday, Ad Age blasted Bono and his highly visible (RED) campaign, now a year old, which has spent $100 million on marketing for its relatively “meager” $18 million worldwide bounty:

You’d expect the money raised to be, well, big, right? Maybe $50 million, or even $100 million. Try again: The tally raised worldwide is $18 million.

Bobbi Shriver, head of (RED), dropped UnBeige a note before sending a long one onto AdAge:

The article is based on many inaccuracies.

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