• Adrants, Friday, April 1, 2011 2:30 PM

Steve Hall rants about why, with the New York Times' Stuart Elliott "the last major ad critic standing," the erosion of impartial ad commentary hurts the business.

"The industry needs to be kept on its toes. It needs to be admonished and given a pat on the back," he writes.

As part of his argument, Hall quotes Ad Age's former critic Bob Garfield: "I also think billions of client dollars every year are being squandered by narcissists, con men, naifs and a number of blithering morons."

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