And the photo of "menacing Latinos" Stephen Colbert cites, and in the background of the AC360 piece (below) is "stock" that's widely used in Republican ads this year to stoke anger, fear, hatred & xenophobia.
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In addition to the campaign consultants, lots of businesses use actors portraying real people, stock photos and/or film footage in their ads:
The same young man running in a business suit appears in a spot for Texas real estate auctioneers Hudson & Marshall... The two unrelated commercials have appeared back to back as the suits promotion and a sale of foreclosed Las Vegas area properties have overlapping local television ad buys this week.
Videos: CNN & MSNBC
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