Ad or Not? HuffPost’s ‘In the News’ Section
June 15th, 2017
Selling cars among news stories makes for a blurred #ad line.
Browsing the "ad or not" Tag
Influencer-in-Chief? State Department & Ivanka Edition (Part II)
May 8th, 2017
Are government agencies rewriting the rules about promotional endorsements?
Influencer-in-Chief? Mar-a-Lago (Again)
April 25th, 2017
Sea-to-lake mansion owned by Trump touted on federal website sparks another round of Ad or Not.
Influencer-in-Chief? ‘Trump Golf’ and Diplomacy
April 3rd, 2017
"Priceless advertising" or golf course diplomacy?
Influencer-in-Chief? Trump and ExxonMobil
March 9th, 2017
Presidential shoutout to a cabinet member's former employer raises questions.
Influencer-in-Chief: President’s Day Roundup of POTUS Plugs
February 17th, 2017
President Trump's penchant for promoting companies turns tweets into #ads.
Influencer-in-Chief? Trump, Nordstrom and More
February 11th, 2017
White House support of Ivanka's clothing line prompts scrutiny.
Ad or Not? Kylie Jenner
February 7th, 2017
Just a nice shoutout on Instagram or was Kylie Jenner making up with make-up artist Vlada Haggerty?
Ad or Not? Justin Timberlake and Bai Brands
January 26th, 2017
Is Justin Timberlake urging fans on Instagram to buy Bai?
Influencer-in-Chief? FLOTUS and WhiteHouse.gov
January 24th, 2017
Was Trump White House promoting Melania Trump's jewelry line?
Influencer-in-Chief? Trump and Thoburns
January 19th, 2017
London-based public relations agency's ad featuring Trump raises questions about endorsements.
Influencer-in-Chief? Trump, Twitter, and L.L. Bean
January 18th, 2017
PEOTUS sets off questions about whether his tweet urging consumers to "Buy L.L. Bean" was an Ad or Not.
A Deluge of Doublespeak
January 5th, 2017
Corporate doublespeak is as hard to decipher as the questionable claims in the ads themselves.
Ad or Not? BuzzFeed’s Buy Me That Section
November 30th, 2016
Unwrapping BuzzFeed's holiday gift ideas.
Ad or Not? New York Magazine
September 27th, 2016
Hype or editorial content regarding this hyperpigmentation serum?
Ad or Not? Coke and Ms. Gomez
September 2nd, 2016
This most-liked Instagram post of all time finally fesses up to what it really is.
What to Know about Sponsored Content
March 7th, 2016
It’s getting harder to distinguish advertisements from objective content.
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