Fishing for bribes imo.
Wow, finally something I agree with him on
That would be awesome. However, some TV channels are nothing but pharma ads, so they would fold overnight, no more funding.
My wife has had Hallmark on over the holiday vacation and this channel is pretty much nonstop pharma ads.
It struck me after the first hour or so that every ad break wasn’t like the usual network collage of various garbage with an occasional ad for this or that medication thrown in. It was literally every ad on their network.
That’s because Hallmark is mostly watched by old people.
Weird people on this platform. It’s OK to agree with people you dislike sometimes.
Someone else pointed out that this is a monkeys paw situation. Can’t advertise vaccines either probably.
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We don’t advertise vaccines in Canada and the world keeps turning
Ok buddy
That isn’t TV
That’s a mail flyer. You guys are fucking idiots.
The message Lemmings desperately need to hear
I would be curious if a commercial reminding people it’s flu season, or that the new COVID boosters are out would fall under this. As I don’t think banning reminders without a specific drug push is in the spirit of a ban like this, but then looking at who is proposing it gives me pause. And I know that the article mentions seniors seeing vax commercials to remind them, but it doesn’t 100% say if those are included or not.
Finally this loser advocates for something I don’t like.
Drug ads are the only thing keeping cable TV floating
Two birds with one stone! While I understand there are people who still have cable and a large portion are elderly who are less comfortable with technology …. This just needs to end. Cable TV companies are one of the most exploitive, customer abusing companies there are. Their monopoly is gone (well, ISP monopoly is less than cable monopoly), so let’s just end them. Kick them while they’re down. Usher them into capitalist hell
“No way to fix this” says only country where this happens
There are fools who believe that Big Pharma won’t take over Big Supplement (and the ads will be for supplements).
He still sucks, but his batting average on a lot of medical and food policies would make most MLB stars jealous.
Also indigenous rights. He’s a fuckin’ weird guy. The poster child of mixed feelings.
Only old or ignorant people still watch ads. So, of course this piece of shit sees them all day long.
Not defending the guy, to be clear, but.
That’s actually not how advertising works. Unless you live in a bubble in the US, you’re seeing drug ads at the tire shop, airport, restaurant, gas station, billboards, everywhere.
Advertising is more about subconscious placement of things than active watching. Very few people sit down with a bowl of popcorn to watch 30 commercials for pleasure. You don’t even realize it got you, and may never.
Futurama did a good sketch on the concept with “lightspeed briefs” where they were advertising in Fry’s dreams. Principle has always been the same.
These ads used to be illegal, until the FDA in 1997 made it legal, David A. Kessler, who’s appointment continued by President Bill Clinton at the time made them legal. This same FDA actually did good things like nutrition facts labels, so it wasn’t all terrible. They alleged that advertising drugs would help inform the public, although in reality, it is a terrible mechanism to broadcast that type of information as marketing to an uninformed public and it should have never been allowed.
Futurama did a good sketch on the concept with “lightspeed briefs” where they were advertising in Fry’s dreams. Principle has always been the same.
I feel obligated to post the transcript for this reference.
Leela: Didn’t you have ad’s in the 20th century?
Fry: Well sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky! But not in dreams. No siree!
Also not to mention, it influences your friends or family and the people you interact with. Unless you’re an antisocial hermit, you’re going to be affected one way or another
I guess the worm didn’t eat all of it.
This would be huge
Of course it will be easy, comparatively. Yeah, there’ll be a drop in ad revenue, but most countries don’t allow this shit anyways.
Ooh, anything else about him worth mentioning?
“Man wants to spend time socializing with children and giving them gifts” is an odd lead in for “unapologetic child molester stalks local park”
