South Park Sets Its Sights on Advertising Yet Again, Blasting Branded Content and Targeted Ads

The kids learn anything (or anyone) could be an ad

Trey Parker and Matt Stone hysterically satirized ad blocking and sponsored content during the Nov. 18 episode of South Park, but it turns out the show creators still had plenty more to get off their chest about the advertising industry.

The duo kept up their satirical assault on advertising during last night's episode, "Truth and Advertising," which again hilariously lampooned the industry as part of the ongoing Season 19 storyline about political correctness, gentrification and the dogged persistence of ads to manipulate us at all costs. 

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