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Don't say you haven't been warned

By Gregg Easterbrook
Page 2 columnist

Tuesday, November 19, 2002

Ads for the new movie "Harry Potter and the Global Marketing Campaign of Doom" contain a little box warning of "some creature violence." Is that violence by a creature or against a creature? TMQ always wonders, when ads say "doctor-tested," whether they mean tested by doctors or tested on doctors. But let's focus on the warning boxes. Ratings to caution parents about which movies are appropriate for kids (answer: hardly any) are one thing. The disclosure boxes have become absurd. Recent boxes ...

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