Charity ads in complaints top 10

By Rosie Walker, Third Sector, 7 May 2008

Two charity campaigns are among the Advertising Standards Authority's list of the 10 most complained-about adverts in 2007.

The watchdog received 122 complaints about a poster by the British Heart Foundation that showed a naked man cuddling a woman on a beach, making it seventh in the list. The ASA ruled against claims that the nudity was offensive. A People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ad came...

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