Deceptive pricing? Could it be? What a surprise, indeed.

My premise is that, if you accept deception and misdirection as a form of lying, then ALL advertising is a lie.

Staged demonstrations. Food cosmeticized (hamburgers coated with motor oil to make them look juicier) by professional food "stylists". Feel good ads - dancing to sell furniture, beautiful people cavorting on the beach to sell automobiles. Notice that car ads these days never mention car features (maybe an occasional of artificially inflated horsepower). My favorite is " Love. It's what makes a Subaru a Subaru.” Come on, it's a freaking car; you're not going to marry it. Unprovable phrases like "40% improved", "first in its class" (said class having only one member. Can't we just go back to the old days when they sold everything with sex?

The list goes on and on. Next time you watch TV, if you still do, actually listen critically to what's said in a few commercials. Content-free, feel-good nonsense meant to evoke an emotional response to the product.