Nany Maree
A bloke in Adelaide found his own face fronting a pro-vaping campaign. He'd been paid less than a cent for it.
John Kirk's photo came off a stock image site. The ABC found the group Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction had posted ten stock photos, of models from Spain, Brazil, Canada and New Zealand. Mr Kirk said he didn't see why they'd "made up a fictitious character." Same story: the Nationals took $130,000 from two tobacco companies last financial year.
Now, I don't like being bossed about by Canberra either. That's no secret.
But manipulation is manipulation, whichever side it's selling. If your campaign needs a stranger's borrowed face, what else in it did you borrow? I read the whole piece, love. Did you?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2024-03-20
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