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It was chosen by the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester as the image for a poster campaign to promote a new exhibition about modern art and war.
But two of the UK's biggest advertising companies refused to carry the image.
A spokesman for the Advertising Standards Authority, which operates the Committee of Advertising Practice, said the ad companies "would have been mindful of the advertising rules that require ads are prepared responsibly and do not contain anything that is likely to be misleading, harmful or offensive".
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Censorship or Not?
It was chosen by the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester as the image for a poster campaign to promote a new exhibition about modern art and war.
But two of the UK's biggest advertising companies refused to carry the image.
A spokesman for the Advertising Standards Authority, which operates the Committee of Advertising Practice, said the ad companies "would have been mindful of the advertising rules that require ads are prepared responsibly and do not contain anything that is likely to be misleading, harmful or offensive".
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Censorship or Not?
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advertising companies refuse to show a lot of ads (eg in Tube stations). This one is clearly propaganda, but so is a lot of war art, and I would have thought it was within the remit of the exhibition itself. However, if the regulations disallow ads that are likely to be offensive, I guess that would cover this one.
If the picture had been of Maggie and the Falklands, I imagine all the answers you'll get would have been completely reversed.
If the picture had been of Maggie and the Falklands, I imagine all the answers you'll get would have been completely reversed.
The Imperial War Museum has a large collection of cartoons and posters which are intended to put war leaders, generals and politicians in a bad light. But they would not usually use such works for posters, unless the events were distant in time. Manchester's branch has produced a piece of political commentary. The ASA may well consider this fictional depiction unsuitable, though which of the three heads given this one falls under is open to debate: misleading, harmful or offensive or any two or all three ?
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