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Advertising campaign – the print version
Saturday 5 January 2008
In addition to its website (see earlier story), ninemsn’s advertising campaign for The Fix using the phrase “Celebrity Worship Syndrome” (“CWS”) has also been presented in print.
A member believes that there are deliberate similarities between CFS and “CWS” in the ad campaign. To quote our member:
The theme of the print advert is “Celebrity Worship Syndrome” saying:
• Celebrity Worship Syndrome Is Real
• *May be harmful to severe CWS Sufferers
• TheFix.com.au is looking for Australia's 10 most extreme cases of CWS
• TheFix.com.au are amongst the worst proponents of this insideous syndrome... It’s just sick. Do they not have any shame?
There is more that is a play on the syndrome on the second page of advertising and they also repeat some of the messages from the first page, and the logo. There is a play on the statistics of sufferers and is a ‘reference’ to msn as a ‘source’ on the second page advert.
I believe that this type of advertising does nothing for us [ME/CFS sufferers] and could even continue to be harmful in regard to public/media perception and CFS, if the connections with CFS and CWS are made.”
Judge for yourself. Here are scans of the two-page spread that appeared in the 17 December 2007 issue of New Weekly:
Click on an image to enlarge:
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