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For years, television networks have vetoed advocacy ads created by the likes of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and MoveOn.org from airing in the Super Bowl. The reason? The ads were designed to raise controversy by featuring risque acts with vegetables (see PETA's 2009...

There were plenty of interesting Super Bowl ads during Sunday's game, but Hyundai's "Assurance Deal" ad caught my ear, if not my eye, when the announcer said the car company would take a Hyundai back if the buyer lost a job within a year of buying it. As someone who was laid off last year, and who...

Watching the ads that run during football games, one might think that the NFL will allow anybody to advertise. From beer to candy bars to investment companies, it seems that, while advertisers are varied, they share one common denominator: When seeking the coveted football fan demographic,...