Showing posts with label citizens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label citizens. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Scorn for Corn

You might have seen this Corn Refiners of America ad on television, which purports that high-fructose corn syrup isn't that bad for you.

Citizens are begging to differ -- many have uploaded parodies of the ad to YouTube, making the case in creative ways that high-fructose corn syrup does indeed lead to health problems:







Though many of these ads are made in jest, they are also excellent examples of citizens holding corporations and issue lobbies responsible for the information they disseminate to the public.