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An Egregious Example of Corporate Hypocrisy, Part II : Barbie dolls

Posted: February 21st, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: KGOY, PSA, TV commercials, advertising, children, consumerism, corporate hypocrisy, hidden propaganda, new markets, schizophrenic messages, toys | Tags: , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Last October, I wrote a post unmasking Dove’s corporate hypocrisy and cynicism.

Today, I discovered yet another example of duplicity, this time from Mattel & Barbie dolls.

Watch this video:

And then this one:

Discuss.