This one wasn't so much annoying, just hilariously stupid, from a marketing standpoint. A few weeks ago, NBC was having their 'green' week, and there were all these public service spots with NBC stars. Each spot had a corporate sponsor.
One of them was Masi Oka (of Heroes) talking about the importance of buying local, and how much better it was for the environment to avoid having stuff shipped around the world unnecessarily. And how it was a matter of personal responsibility. And the spot was brought to us by Microsoft and Windows 7; how nice of them.
It was immediately followed by the first commercial in the new Windows marketing campaign, bragging about how they flew some customer to Japan to approve a certain feature.
It's not like Microsoft was actually fooling anyone into thinking that sponsoring that spot meant that it was a message they took to heart, but the hypocrisy between the two ads was staggering.
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