Labour loses appeal against misleading ad
November 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm by David FarrarLabour have lost their appeal against the decision of the Advertising Standards Authority that their “Two Johns” ad was misleading.
Leadership you can trust – Yeah Right. Can’t even trust their ads.
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November 7th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Yeah Right
they got it
Must also be sure the gov’t is changing, otherwise they would have feared for their jobs!
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
New advertising agency for Labour then?
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Hi all, I’m the fellow who lodged the complaint/ responses to Labour’s appeal.
I love a Friday when dirty politics are shown for what they are – scummy, misleading and a bad look for New Zealand.
Go anyone but Labour tomorrow!!!!
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Straws in the wind? Imagine the psychic shock that some of the Labour apparatchiks will get when they realise that people who were kissing their asses last year, this year will be telling them to get f**d.
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Dave Strings, you have no idea what your talking about.
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
But yet again, they suffer no consequences.
Actually they do. They suffer every time it’s played.
For this reason, I think National should protest the ASA decision. ‘Two Johns’ is a brilliant ad – for National. Every time it plays my wife goes “Yuck” and loathes Helen a little more.
The trick to doing that kind of attack ad is to put some sugar on the pill with humour.
Oh, and to get your facts right.
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
The appeal board strengthened the previous decision by pointing out that the line “cut Kiwisaver in half” was misleadingly presented as if it was a direct quote from Key.
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
john ansell, they are going to get punished…. this time tomorrow they will not be around any longer
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Agreed John Ansell. It will be an interesting post election discussion on the effectiveness of the Labour attack ads. My view is that it appeals to the hardcore left who genuinely believe that Tories will bbq the children of poor people but beyond that demographic they are turning people off. That particularly nasty ad with the solo mother actor saying ‘you might know a bit about money trading Mr Key but when it comes to my family I just can’t trust you’ I sense is turning voters off.
Hell, most New Zealanders would still blance at calling Winston a liar in such a public forum (even although he blatantly is) b/c by and large they are polite people. That’s not how we do politics here. Attacking Key from a position of weakness on trust just seems rude – and desperate.
Vote:November 7th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
I hope it’s a quick kill,and not a 6 week slow aspyxiation by the maoris like Peters did to Labour back in the mid 90′s
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