Sunday, October 05, 2008

John McCain Ads Using the Same Video Clips as Energy Shot Ads

Here's an ad for John McCain that ran (at least on Tuesday) in Ohio. Pay attention to the video clip in the lower left hand box right at the beginning:



And here is an ad for Five Hour Energy Drink. Pay attention from the 18 second mark to the 22 second mark




That is unmistakably the same lady in an apron and blue shirt. Not faulting them for using stock footage. I don't imagine most campaigns purpose-shoot all of the clips for their ads. Still, after the incident where the sleeping child in Hillary Clinton's 3 a.m. phone call ad turned out to be an Obama supporter and much older now, one would think the campaigns would double check where else the stock footage is being used.

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