19 Dec 1996
| by HARRIET MARSH
it made the
ruling. The codes enforced by the ASA are to be revised next year by the
Committee ...
on an individual
then it shouldn t be exempt from ASA regulations, but nobody expected
Demon Eyes, said a CAP ...
19 Dec 1996
advertising. The furore over Saatchi s
Demon Eyes campaign for the Conservative Party showed the ASA in a...the ASA in a
poor light, and sparked a debate within its own ranks that still
smoulders.
In truth, to vet or not to vet political ads is the least of the ASA s
worries. Far more disturbing were ...
they are wrong, that voluntary regulation is right, and that
the ASA is the right organisation for the job ...
13 Dec 1996
| by MICHELE MARTIN
directly to the ASA s
chairman, Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank, in a letter. He said that the
campaign ...
his rights to complain to the ASA.
Caroline Crawford, director of communications at the ASA ...
06 Dec 1996
| by OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT
the ASA to have the power to impose fines
on advertisers that repeatedly breach the code of practice ...
of legislation to clean up the industry.
The case has not been made for putting the ASA on a statutory basis ...
for the ASA to have powers to fine
advertisers who contravene the code, whether deliberately ...
08 Nov 1996
| by OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT
Alderson, the director-
general of the ASA, on Wednesday to urge the authority to take a tough
line on ads for Rambo-style combat knives.
As a result, the ASA has issued a call to media owners ...
the murder of the headteacher, Philip Lawrence. It is
unusual for a minister to intervene in the ASA s day ...
07 Nov 1996
.
The ASA learnt on Friday that it had won its battle against Stratford
firm City Trading. The ASA had ...
the ASA s decision interfered with its freedom of
expression, under Article 10 of the European ...
rein to flout the ASA codes.
Mr Justice Ognall ruled the ASA was correct to reach its judgment ...
07 Nov 1996
| by KATHARINE RAYMOND
sensible move to give the ASA more teeth .
Self-regulation
Despite recent complaints that the ASA is losing credibility, it is
still perceived by many as being the best way of ensuring standards ...
points out: By strengthening the ASA
we re giving it another arrow to the quiver. It is the ASA ...
17 Oct 1996
| by AMANDA RICHARDS
.
The ASA this week ruled against it for making exaggerated claims about
the health benefits of its Pact ...
also found to be exaggerated and unsupported by the ASA.
MD Foods has spent pounds 5m ...
fallen foul of the ASA s rules. The ASA and advertisers have clashed
with competing expert evidence ...
17 Oct 1996
representatives, including the ASA and
Incorporated Society of British Advertisers, that Bass s Hooper s Hooch ...
11 Oct 1996
an
attempt to stifle debate on this important subject.
The ASA is facing some of the most vicious ...
, indeed.
The major disquiet, however, came recently when the ASA banned M s demon eyes poster ...
has further exposed the ASA to charges
of misplaced evangelism.
That said, the vote ...