Britain Bans L’Oreal Airbrushed Ads

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Britain has banned two ads by cosmetics company, L’Oreal, on the basis that they are misleading. The photos featuring Julia Roberts and model Christy Turlington have been digitally touched up. Anchor Lisa Mullins talks to Ian Henderson, an executive with the marketing firm AML Group, about industry reaction to the British ban.

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