Stardate 20011018.1031 (On Screen): Some people have too much spare time on their hands. One problem with being an advertising watch-dog is that you have to find objectionable advertising to complain about even when there isn't any -- otherwise you have no reason to exist (and the contributions which fund you will dry up). I can understand objecting to cigarette ads which target kids, for instance. But this is something different.
Coca Cola is involved in a co-marketing campaign with the upcoming Harry Potter movie, which promises to be a smash hit if it isn't completely putrid (and maybe even if it is). That's OK; it's happened before and it will happen again. But the Center for Science in the Public Interest is bitching that Coke is deliberately trying to sell their product to kids, since of course it's a movie which will strongly appeal to children. Gasp! How dare they! (discuss)
