EDITORIAL : Broken bridges

Hopefully we don't get sued for false advertising," reads the caption written by Colin Mitchell and Alex Dyer for their agency launch story on P10.

Given the ultimately harmless nature of their Mad Men scam, it won't come down to legals. Nevertheless, Mitchell & Dyer and their employers have left in their wake some very annoyed people - among them, no doubt, the gay community, although it's been unusually restrained in response to extreme in-your-face provocation.

Then there's the journalist community that became unwitting accomplices in the DraftFCB campaign. Reporters have long memories and, to put it mildly, don't take kindly to being duped, lied to, and used - particularly by smiling ...

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