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In September 2000, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched an investigation of a TV ad produced for the Republican National Committee (RNC). The inquiry came at the behest of Sen. Ron ...

Subliminal advertising -- placing fleeting or hidden images in commercial content in the hopes that viewers will process them unconsciously -- doesn't work. Recent research suggests that consumers do ...

Bush claimed that this was an accidental result, and brushed aside accusations of subliminal advertising as "weird and bizarre" conspiracy theories. When pressed, Alex Castellanos, the ad's creator, ...

Who ya gonna blame for the “subliminal” message in George W. Bush’s campaign advertisement that got pulled off the air because it flashes the word “RATS” across the screen while Al Gore’s Medicare ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Communications Commission ended on Friday its investigation of a Republican National Committee commercial that Democrats said included a subliminal message. The FCC said it ...