Vladimir Putin may not be bounding on stage to accept them any time soon. Regardless, all the ad industry’s marketing campaign awards should go to the Russian leader for his spectacular 2016 election hack, according to an international alliance of advertising creatives. The anonymous group calls itself Project Meddle, and it claims to have already paid to enter a portfolio describing Russia’s election activities to all the industry award shows: the Webbys, the One Show, the Cannes Lions, the Clios and the Addys. SEE ALSO: A new study reveals how Russian trolls manipulated our Twitter conversations “Like it or not, Russia created the most impactful campaign of the century,” the Project Meddlers wrote. “As marketing professionals who spend their days using these same tools, we find ourselves humbled by the skill, innovation, and impact of Russia’s election-meddling campaign. And not in a good way.” Their tongues may be firmly in their cheeks, but the Project Meddlers have a point. As they note, Russia’s involvement has already produced numbers that would be considered eye-popping at any ad agency: 760 million clicks on certified Russian fake news stories distributed via Twitter and Facebook (enough for everyone in the U.S. to have clicked… Read full this story
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