US businesses spend nearly $100B a year on advertising and PR

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It's not just billboards and puff pieces, either. It's mass-posting negative book reviews, paying scientists to publish favorable research, and compiling dossiers on celebrities.

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Because US businesses spend nearly $100B a year on advertising and PR, and We all justify our actions after the fact, often without realizing it.
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