[LINK] Aussie TV network guilty of subliminal ads

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Sat Oct 11 13:29:19 AEDT 2008


A tin-foil hat and lead sunglasses for me.

<http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/08/aussie-tv-network-guilty>

> *AUSTRALIA'S* Network Ten transmitted subliminal advertising during a 
> music awards show last year, but the government media authority let it 
> off lightly with just a stern warning.
...
> ACMA reviewed the broadcast and found that "rapid-cut graphics used in 
> the program was a technique that attempted to convey information to 
> viewers below or near the threshold of normal awareness."
...

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David Boxall                    |  The more that wise people learn
                                |  The more they come to appreciate
                                |  How much they don't know.
                                                        --Confucius




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