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When the ad industry focuses on self-regulation, it’s usually dealing with weighty issues like how to responsibly advertise prescription drugs or Fruit Roll-Ups. So how about this proposal: Isn’t it time for a self-imposed ban on ads that feature fake congressional hearings in the name of “humor”? The latest offender is the Subway spot (shot to look like it’s airing on C-SPAN, as all the spots in this sorry genre are) in which Jared is being questioned by a bunch of congressmen about how he lost all that weight.
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