The best (and very worst) of AdFreak, 2008

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Most Geographically Inaccurate Ad: Absolut.

This local ad out of Mexico City that redrew the border between the U.S. and Mexico (handing a huge swath of the former back to the latter) didn’t go over too well stateside. But Absolut did have history on its side. As one reader noted: “Since when did it become insulting to depict historically correct maps?”


Most Sacrilegious Ad: Björn Borg.

London and Washington, D.C., had their pro-atheism bus-advertising campaigns. But Swedish clothier Björn Borg takes the honors in this category with this ad showing a female priest marrying

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