If the shoe fits: Reebok in the dock over quick-fix claim

WHEN reading the following untruth, stop and have a think for a second.

Which is worse — the perpetrators of the falsehood or its willing consumers? Neither particularly represents humankind at its most intelligent.

This is the story: the US Federal Trade Commission has just fined the sports company Reebok $25 million (€19m) for making unsubstantiated claims about some of its footwear.