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When Is a PSA Too Blunt?

Campaigners resort to 'high-sensation' approach

By Emily Rauhala,  Newser User

Posted Jul 29, 2010 9:06 AM CDT | Updated Aug 1, 2010 6:48 AM CDT

(Newser) – When it comes to public service announcements, can you be too forthright? That's the question raised by a campaign against texting while driving. The ad shows, in what ABC describes as "gory, throat-grabbing detail," a dramatic car crash caused by a distracted driver...   Read full story »

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