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Marketers of Death

"The U.S. Army is adjusting its marketing pitch to minorities as the war in Iraq [1] hurts recruiting efforts among Hispanics and, especially, African-Americans," reports Advertising Age. Leo Burnett [2] is the Army's lead marketing agency, with Cartel Creativo [3] doing Hispanic, and Muse Cordero Chen & Partners [4] and Vital Marketing Group [5] doing African-American, outreach. The Army will "maintain a minority presence in general-market advertising, craft minority-specific messages," and "focus Spanish-language messages at parents and 'influencers [6].'" Political science professor Peter Feaver expressed skepticism, saying, "If the problem is Iraq, there's not much in the short run that the Army recruiters can do."

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http://www.prwatch.org/node/3319