{"id":4935,"date":"2009-06-21T19:51:38","date_gmt":"2009-06-21T19:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2009\/06\/21\/the-obama-campaign-greatly-impressed-the-public\/"},"modified":"2009-06-21T19:51:38","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T19:51:38","slug":"the-obama-campaign-greatly-impressed-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2009\/06\/21\/the-obama-campaign-greatly-impressed-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The Obama campaign greatly impressed the public relations industry, which named Obama \u201cAdvertising Age\u2019s marketer of the year for 2008,\u201d easily beating out Apple. The industry\u2019s prime task is to ensure that uninformed consumers make irrational choices, thus undermining market theories. And it recognizes the benefits of undermining democracy the same way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>chomsky<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama campaign greatly impressed the public relations industry, which named Obama \u201cAdvertising Age\u2019s marketer of the year for 2008,\u201d easily beating out Apple. The industry\u2019s prime task is to ensure that uninformed consumers make irrational choices, thus undermining market theories. 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