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Selling it.(Annual Auto Issue)(advertising anecdotes)(Humor)(Column)
In the Gallup Organization's 2001 Honesty and Ethics poll, Americans were asked to rate the honesty and ethical standards of 23 professions.
In the Gallup Organization's 2001 Honesty and Ethics poll, Americans were asked to rate the honesty and ethical standards of 23 professions. Only one profession was rated "low" or "very low" by a majority of the 1,005 respondents. Want to guess which one? Car sales. In fact, the public has viewed car sales as the least ethical profession since Gallup began this annual poll in 1977. A runner-up for the booby prize: advertisers. So what happens when you combine cars and ads? You get the sometimes amazing, sometimes amusing items that follow, which constitute our special Auto Issue edition of "Selling It."
Squint when you say that.
"Be sure to read this cover to cover!" said a magazine insert. "Check out the back page for your chance to win." That page is shown at left; the type at the bottom of the page is below, at its actual size. All we can say is," Get a microscope."
The car you can't have.
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