Well I think this is in the same category as prejudice and stereotypes The purpose of advertising is not to inform but to manipulate I do not recall the last time I felt I was informed by any commercial in any way As far as deception is concerned well I think most advertisements do that The whole a part of a healthy diet nonsense is usually applied to food which is not part of any known medically approved healthy diet 5 hour energy contains 0 calories which always makes me laugh It is at best an energy catalyzer in which case they should explain that obviously they don t And the list just goes on and one The problem is that these are not just run of the mill misconceptions These essentially are active sustained intentional attempts at deception by corporations It is a general phenomenon like stereotypes which I think is more general than merely a misconception