It is very likely that many firms spend more on advertising than, for their own best interests, they should.

It is very likely that many firms spend more on advertising than, for their own best interests, they should.

Objectivity, in this sense, means that a person's statements about the world can be trusted if they are submitted to established rules deemed legitimate by a professional community. Facts here are not aspects of the world, but consensually validated statements about it.

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly.

The story of journalism, on a day-to-day basis, is the story of the interaction of reporters and officials

Advertising is much less powerful than advertisers and critics of advertising claim, and advertising agencies are stabbing in the dark much more than they are practicing precision microsurgery on the public consciousness.

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.