Breaking News That You Definitely Didn't Know Before! Commercials Try to Dupe You With Fancy Stock Footage!

Want to sell medical technology? Show actors in lab coats with beakers.

Want to sell beer? Show some weathered old cowboy sitting by a river in the Rockies.

Want to create the illusion that you're selling something people need, when in reality, it's just some garbage they're peddling for money? Use stock footage like this video.