Changes

The '''Ad Council''' is a nonprofit organization of advertising companies founded to enhance public opinions of advertising and co-opt liberal opposition by using spare advertising space to promote liberal and patriotic causes. :"A nonprofit organization that brings together the government, the media, corporate sponsors, and the advertising industry. Originally known as the "War Advertising Council" following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Ad Council has subsequently devised campaigns that encourage people in the United States to vptevote, use zip codes. participate in the census and join the National Guard and Reserve. It hs introduced familiar icons into the American consciousness including Smokey the Bear, McGruff the Crime Dog and the crash-test dummies, and has added memorable slogans to our vocabulary including "Friends don't let friends drive dunk" and the United Negro College Fund's "a mind is a terrible thing to waste."" (from [[Weapons of Mass Deception]]) After the September 11 attacks, the Ad Council ran ads promoting "Freedom" which touted how certain things couldn't happen in a free country like America. However, some noted that the actions in one ad bore an eery similarity to things now permitted under the USA PATRIOT Act. A law passed, of course, to protect the freedoms the ad claims we should cherish. == External links == * [http://adcouncil.org/ Official website]