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 ...
Distaste for subliminal advertising began in 1957, after James Vicary and Frances Thayer published a study in which they claimed that subliminally presenting the words “Eat popcorn” and “Drink ...
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, ...