Truth in Advertising online dating edition

-Shomari Hines One of our favorite blogs called funkybrownchick isn't really media focused but it does touch on some stuff that some of us deal with daily and the media industry can actually learn from it. For example, the post we're posting about is something Madison Ave and their clients can take points from. You should look like your fucking photo!!!! I mean it. You know, the whole point of PHOTOGRAPHY is that it captures your image, a picture of you. And by "YOU", I mean YOU **TODAY** -- not you 8 years ago. Sheesh! One of the really hard things about online dating is that you never really know *who* the person on the other side of your computer screen is. Anyone can represent themselves to be anything online (... just ask the 24 year-old dropout who posed as an online editor for Wikipedia). Truth in advertising. As you probably already know, the fed's "Truth in Advertising" regulations stipulate that: -Advertising must be truthful and non-deceptive -Advertisers must have evidence to back up their claims -Advertisements cannot be unfair. Truth in Advertising [FBC]