Do What The Client Says. Or Else.

According to The Financial Times, a Y&R subsidiary in Zimbabwe has been assisting the re-election campaign of Robert Mugabe.

Below, an example ad courtesy of British political commentator Iain Dale.

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Now that the light has been shined on this batch of cockroaches, WPP is divesting itself of the Y&R subsidiary.

I really like the "100%" callout at the top. What's next? "Now--with extra thuggery!"

June 20, 2008 by danny g | Permalink | 2 Comments

David Burn commented on June 20, 2008 3:34 PM:

Cockroaches don't make very appealing ads either. If you're going to do propaganda, do it right!

veedub commented on June 20, 2008 3:49 PM:

i just love the fact that he's still selling independence thirty years after the fact.

and what is that grainy image at the top? zimbabweans carrying a colonial on a portable hammock?

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