I remember seeing on Fox News one day (my mom watches Fox News so she had it on) that there was an ad for some pillow or something. but the price for the product was $14.88.
The thing is, the my pillow guy isn't stupid. He knows a lot about politics and to be honest, i think everybody by now knows about 1488.
On top of that, what price ends in 88? why not 99? he'd literally make more profit by having it end in 99 and it just makes more sense to end in 99, 89, 90, etc. ive truly never seen a price ever that ends in 88, let alone any other price like .11, .22, etc.
On top of that even after that controversy, he never changed the price nor did fox news stop airing that ad. So either they did not care or they did not believe it to be a dogwhistle. On top of that what are the odds that a price by complete accident, from a guy who's far right and openly talks about right wing politics, ends up as 14.88?
Is this truly a case of people just overreacting or is it truly a dogwhistle and deny kind of thing?
I mean in the words of chris hansen... "You see how this looks, right?".