Netflix TV ad
tricks people into supporting very fake politician Frank Underwood
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Tuesday was budget night in Australia, where
people who cared about what the government was going to spend money on were glued to their television screens.
Interrupting the scintillating analysis on TV was an ad by Netflix, promoting the upcoming season of
House of Cards.*
But instead of it being about the show, it was styled like your typical Aussie political campaign ad. And you guessed it, plenty of
people fell for it.
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The ad features two farmers, calling for
people to support a their chosen political leader — the show's lead character and current US president,
Frank Underwood.
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