.” Does this constitute lying?
2.A few years ago, there was a commercial on late-night TV for a vegetable chopper. The chopper had a clear plastic container with a metal lid. The lid had a plunger through the top that was attached to a sharp set of blades. The user puts a vegetable in the container, screws on the lid, and presses the plunger rapidly to cut the vegetable into pieces. The screen demonstration showed a hand putting a beautiful red tomato into the container of the chopper, attaching the top, and rapidly chopping the tomato into perfect pieces. During the demonstration, there was a voice-over saying, “This is a green tomato. It has been painted red. Do not try this with a ripe tomato. It will burst and send pieces all over the kitchen.” Does this constitute lying?
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Well, definitely misleading and not very nice!! But I guess adding a disclaimer technically gets them off the hook in the lying department. But, by my own personal standards–yes it’s lying. I look at the intentions, and it is to mislead to sell more product–so in my opinion, they are lying.
Not if it really happened as you describe. Sounds like you tuned in late to a parody of an infomercial.
probably not, most people are smart enough to know those products don’t work anyway.
"lying"? In an ethical sense? Or false advertisement, in a legal sense?
If there’s full and fair disclosure, in a way that no consumer would be confused, then it’s neither.