United Kingdom: Greenpeace reprimanded over 'irresponsible' ad campaign

Guardian: The advertising watchdog has given Greenpeace a dressing down for running an "irresponsible" ad campaign to raise funds to takeover and deface property to make environmental protests. Greenpeace ran a campaign on its website, www.greenpeacegiving.org.uk, calling for donations to support direct action protests against power station chimneys. The text asked web users to send an £80 gift to fund Greenpeace activists "redecorating" power station chimneys with slogans, such as "stupid" and "no new...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/16/greenpeace-ad-campaign
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