Jay Letto

July 1, 1995

TV Lets Corporations Pull Green Wool Over Viewers’ Eyes

“How come the cars on television commercials can’t seem to find the road?” my Aunt Sue asked me a couple of years ago. Indeed, TV cars and trucks are found splashing through creeks, climbing rocky slopes, parked in wetlands, invading deserts and even perched on needlelike pinnacles, but rarely are they shown actually driving down […]

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