“When Adlai Stevenson ran for president in 1952, he
famously complained that ad agencies sold political candidates like soap. These
days, we might long for the times in which candidates were sold like soap. Soap
ads, after all, use words like ‘bright,’ ‘fresh’ and ‘clean.’”
—Scott
Simon, host, Weekend Edition Saturday, “A Country Divided, Click by Click,” NPR, March
24, 2018.
• Editorial Comment: And “sweet-smelling,” “antiseptic” and “whitening.”
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