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Why bite the hand that feeds you?

In your article on the ramifications of the ONDCP indictments against former Ogilvy & Mather executives [Jan. 12], I was shocked to see individuals who make their livelihood in the advertising business badmouthing the industry so badly.

Attorney Rick Kurnit suggests, “the model of the industry … is based on a kickback scam,” and says, “advertising has always operated in a kind of fantasy land outside the norms of business.”



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