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Judge Says Most Burger King Customers ‘Could Be Deceived’ by its Ad Photos (petapixel.com)

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[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember watching those as a kid. I immediately decided then and there that nothing could be trusted in a commercial. BK was by far the most egregious example.

With burgers in particular, I remember them cutting a slit in the back of the patty just so they could stretch it out off camera to make it look bigger.

total bullshit.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I wish I could find that original PBS documentary I watched. It was really good. I distinctly remember the team bringing in garbage bags of hamburgers they had bought around town to build the on camera burger from. I think it aired in the 1990s. I have no idea if any of the regulations they were bound by and trying to “work around” back then are still in place.