{"id":248,"date":"2014-01-18T18:09:07","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T02:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2014-01-19T17:54:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T01:54:43","slug":"you-mean-the-burgers-dont-look-as-good-as-they-do-in-the-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/you-mean-the-burgers-dont-look-as-good-as-they-do-in-the-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"You mean, the burgers don&#8217;t look as good as they do in the ads??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Someone has discovered and proven with photos that fast food looks better in the ads than in real life.<\/p>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/static1.businessinsider.com\/image\/52af731eecad04801a6e411e-480-\/mcdonalds-ads-vs-reality.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Years ago, I knew a bunch of genuine NYC foodies &#8212; not just people who like to cook but people who cover food in the media and promote certain brands in advertising.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, I could eat with them without their tearing every entree to shreds in well-reasoned attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Some were food stylists, who make food look its yummiest in ads and on TV.  When you realize that a vanilla custard cone is artfully sculpted shortening due to the need to withstand the effects of hot lights and the drip, drip, drip of a million needed re-shoots, you  realize anything is possible.  Your idea of a Big Mac won&#8217;t quite match reality.  Yet The Big Mac may still be a tasty occasional meal, as long as you don&#8217;t overdo it.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fast-food-advertisements-vs-reality-2013-12\">here<\/a> is the link for the advertisement vs. reality comparison.<\/p>\n<p>The source blog is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphaila.com\/articles\/failure\/fast-food-false-advertising-vs-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alphaila.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone has discovered and proven with photos that fast food looks better in the ads than in real life. Really? Years ago, I knew a bunch of genuine NYC foodies &#8212; not just people who like to cook but people who cover food in the media and promote certain brands in advertising. Surprisingly, I could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.myadportfolio.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}