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* Health claims are this in a nutshell. Expect [[AsbestosFreeCereal "gluten-free" foods that would never normally contain gluten, or "GMO-free" stuff that ''actually'' doesn't contain genes, such as bottled water or salt]]. [[note]]Keep in mind that gluten can appear in some pretty damn weird places (for example: canned soup)[[/note]] (Bonus points for appealing to people who probably don't have celiac disease.) "Low-fat" was popular for a long time, oftentimes indicating a lot of sugar and white flour; indeed, 3 Musketeers has less fat (but more calories) than a Hershey bar, and sodas are 100% fat-free. Since AsYouKnow all organisms produce antioxidants, antioxidants are a rich source of health claims. Want to sell margarine? Until people became aware of ''trans'' fat, "no cholesterol" was a good way to do so. Cereal companies fortify their products so you don't realize you just bought your kids sugar-coated flour.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Dogbert [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2004-04-20/ demonstrates how to do this for real estate.]]

** Also parodied in ''Website/CollegeHumor''[='=]s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO2aCVlnLow Ice Age in 4D]]", in which the reactions of each audience changes as the UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie moves up a dimension. Notably, the first guy consistently talks about the movie, while the other people become increasingly irrelevant.

** A weird variant (if not subversion...) happened with ''Film/TheLonelyLady''. A disastrous test screening and the studio wondered what to fix. The publicist responsible was John Wilson, founder of the {{UsefulNotes/Golden Raspberry Award}}s, who knew it was both an unsalvageable disaster (in his book, Wilson said that trying to cut out [[{{Narm}} the laughs]] led to about 17 minutes of film) and a forerunning favorite to his "awards". He persuaded the studio to re-instate the rough cut with only a couple of minor alterations, knowing full well that the film would gain far more of a cult reputation if it were SoBadItsGood instead of just mediocre and forgettable, as the studio's re-edit would have been. Wilson even convinced them to retain [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXyYnzdd-po one of the most ridiculous scenes]], which the studio wanted to excise, and later justified when questioned by another person by saying "if they cut it out, they'd be ruining a perfectly ''awful'' movie!"

* ''WebVideo/{{Jontron}}'' mocks the infamous ''VideoGame/Bubsy3D'' for this, noting how they listed the most basic of "features" a platforming game could have, such as running, jumping, swimming, and extra lives, [[AsbestosFreeCereal as selling-points on the back of the box]].
--> '''Jontron:''' Okay, hold the phone! Having 1-Ups in your game is ''not'' a selling point! Let alone a bullet on the back of the box! You can just tell they were ''really'' stretching to say even one good thing about this game.