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The lies advertisers tell you

by Roseann Freitas, contributed report
| August 23, 2023 1:00 AM

“Why, all advertising is exaggerated. Nobody believes it,” said Coca-Cola's attorney, which inspired Coke’s Sam C. Dobbs to create a group of businesses to monitor each other’s advertising and was the beginning of the Better Business Bureau. During Dobbs' time, the early 20th century, advertising promised consumers various outcomes; however, the claims weren’t based on any facts.

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