To suit the needs of corporate clients, advertising agencies have successfully modified a strategy originally developed for political campaigns. This strategy aims to provide clients with free publicity and air time by designing an advertising campaign that is controversial, thus drawing prime-time media coverage and evoking public comment by officials. The statements above, if true, most seriously undermine which one of the following assertions?
A: Campaign managers have transformed political campaigns by making increasing use of strategies borrowed from corporate advertising campaigns.
B: Only a small percentage of eligible voters admit to being influenced by advertising campaigns in deciding how to vote.
C: Advertising agencies that specialize in campaigns for corporate clients are not usually chosen for political campaigns.
D: The usefulness of an advertising campaign is based solely on the degree to which the campaign's advertisements persuade their audiences.
Choose A, B, C or D as your solution.
D