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Just think, if he is successful there will be no more cable news channels. Without Mr. Pillow, and an occasional automotive add what's left. Awake not woke | |||
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Why is this not done yet? Does it have to be approved by Congress? Can't RFK Jr. just ban it? I guess I am getting so used to Trumps way of doing business that I don't understand the delay. The “POLICE" Their job Is To Save Your Ass, Not Kiss It The muzzle end of a .45 pretty much says "go away" in any language - Clint Smith | |||
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Could he add in a law restricting volume levels in commercials? I have to take two Myearsapoppin's to relieve the pain, of course I'm concerned about the expansive gas problem, and inability to urinate for 3 hours, but it does help with my ears. | |||
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You must be drinking a hell of a lot of beer, to pee for that long at a time. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I have been told that only the US and New Zealand are the only countries that allow pharm ads on TV. -c1steve | |||
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One company paid $861.4 million in 2023 to advertise 3 drugs on TV. Imagine the cost savings and how it could affect the price of meds. https://www.moneydigest.com/15...pharma-tv-ads-spend/ ****************************************************************************** Never shoot a large caliber man with a small caliber bullet . . . | |||
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This is great news! So sick of the endless idiotic drug ads! | |||
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I doubt there will be any cost savings for the consumer. Their sales will drop and it is more likely prices will stay the same or increase. They would not have advertised on TV without a return on their investment. | |||
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^^^^^^^^^^^ Bloating and constipaton ads for women | |||
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Sadly, Our paleo-Supreme Court will fall back on free speech. Money is speech. The most effective safety is between your ears | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
That may be. But I don't care. I hate seeing commercials for something I can't even buy. I don't even know what most of them are for, and they don't really try to make it clear what they are for. I hate the very idea of someone seeing a commercial and running to their doctor for a prescription. I just want it stopped. Let the doctor recommend a treatment plan, not based on something advertised on TV. And here's the BIG (but hidden) THING: They aren't advertising to get you to buy the product. They are buying favorable treatment from the media. When Pfizer spends millions and millions on advertising, the media platform becomes dependent on that. No one on FOX was allowed to criticize the mRNA covid injections. Why? Because they were owned. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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In the "good old days", Pharma companies lavished gifts, fishing trips--sometimes frank bribes--on physicians to prescribe their drugs. When that ended, they sent "reps" around to talk to the doctor--yes, hot reps absolutely. Then there were the dinners. Occasionally one learned something useful, but it still felt like you were selling your soul to attend these things. Our medical group had enough leverage that reps were banned from coming to facilities; and our in-house pharmacy developed their own educational "marketing" based on the formulary. I'd like to see the Pharma ads go away, but I don't know if in the end that will happen. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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RFK Jr. is Pushing Big Pharma Ad Ban — And Corporate Media is Panicking "Enough is enough. RFK Jr.’s proposal to kick drug ads off TV isn’t radical—it’s responsible. And it’s long overdue." Kyle Becker Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary, is pushing a plan to ban pharmaceutical ads from television. He’s right to push for it—and not just because the U.S. is one of only two countries on earth that allows such advertising (the other being New Zealand). America’s health system isn’t just flawed; it’s harming public health, distorting journalism, and fueling Big Pharma’s malignant influence over our daily lives. https://www.thekylebecker.com/...ng-big-pharma-ad-ban "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Perhaps, perhaps not. Half a century ago, cigarette ads were taken off the air in this country, but that's a product which has proven harmful to people. The argument will be made, of course, that pharmaceuticals are beneficial to people, but I don't believe it's as straightforward as that, and that's not even taking into account the endless list of possible side-effects of these medications. It is the advertising itself which creates the harm. Direct-marketing these substances to people can and does cause some people to seek them out, and the pharmaceutical companies urge physicians to prescribe them. People who die or who are injured as a result of being prescribed medications they don't really need- Big Pharma bears some of the responsibility. Keep it off of the tube. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
I get the “free speech” thing, but in this case, I don’t think it goes along with professional standards. It’s not like LexisNexis/WestLaw advertise to the laity about “which research tool is best for researching case type X”. Or advertising for people to be sure their architect or engineer use XYZ rendering software. | |||
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Actual side effects of a diet pill seen on TV years ago... Excessive gas, with oily discharge. Endeavor to persevere. | |||
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Any day now please... Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Hard Liquor was banned, as well. | |||
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He will earn Hero status if he gets this done!!! Go RFK!!! Niech Zyje P-220 Steve | |||
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So far, I haven't seen him do much of substance. He's said a few things I'd like to see, like getting our youth into more healthy lifestyles and encouraging physical fitness in schools, but pretty quiet otherwise. This administration has been mostly good at using the inertia of getting things done right now and he's letting that slip through his fingers. To get the ad ban, I think he needs an act of Congress. That I'd like to see and he should have a lot of support from both sides on that. I'd also like to see who digs in their heels to oppose. That photo opp would be good for the next election too. Since only doctors can prescribe the drugs involved, not the general public, this doesn't apply to over the counter consumer choices. If they want to insist, let them advertise in medical journals only. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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