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VictorDianne Watson's avatar

Drug advertising on TV must stop!

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Geoff Wexler's avatar

Hello Peter,

I hate to be off topic but my agency, Legal Link Confidential was called to officially release https://turbocancer.org yesterday with the discussion forum created. It's got the #covid audit, https://WHOtoSTOP.com attached that you graciously reviewed & praised. I added 1 Focal Point article/video where you discuss Biden's turbo Cancer. I would love to add more. The spirit is telling me the next great article I'd love an M.D. or Oncologist to write is investigating if the Royal Family has been hit with #TurboCancer. King Charles the iii has been hush on the type of cancer he got hit with as well as Kate Middleton. LOVE YOUR WORK.

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Thank you,, Dr. McCullough, for another important interview. Let's bombard Trump and RFK with our opinions about pharma adv, covid shots, and remdesivir protocol.

whitehouse.gov.

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Allie's avatar

I like to watch Real America’s Voice, free on Pluto TV and other outlets, for news commentary in the evening. There are regularly scheduled commercials on Pluto, but my news shows also have infomercials, The Wellness Co. being one of them. TWC is pushing their various drug kits, not just for respiratory infections, but for travel and for parasite detox. It does get a bit tiring to see this commercialization by TWC.

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Barbara Charis's avatar

Sad that so many trust TV drug advertising to their detriment. It speaks a lot about the level of intelligence of those who are so easily influenced...they will buy anything they see advertised. Our government needs to protect the simple minded viewer.. and stop the con artists selling their health-destroying wares.

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Allie's avatar

Barbara, is it ok that The Wellness Company advertises its drug kits on tv? TWC doesn’t own the patents for the drugs they sell and, perhaps they are all generic and off patent, but viewers are “easily influenced” by their ads. Some of their ads try to convince everyone that they have parasites and need to take their parasite “detox.”

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Barbara Charis's avatar

As someone who gave up watching TV almost 50 years ago...because of its 'programming'...I got into learning about health first hand. I had no desire to be influenced by what I saw on TV.

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Lynn Littau's avatar

Posting on FB! Thanks!

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Sue jones's avatar

A lot of these ads appear "ineffective" to me in their purported purpose. Like there is an HIV drug they advertise on MSNBC. It's a good drug, but it has to be a small market, and a lot of ads! I can't imagine there is a return on investment in the ads. Could be wrong. I'm just guessing. However if the purpose is simply to put money in MSNBC's pocket in exchange for other favors, it doesn't matter what the ad is for.

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Sue jones's avatar

Sometimes I wonder if the advertisers are trying to make some of the viewers uncomfortable. Like the HIV drug ads on MSNBC might be intended to repel conservative viewers and send them back to Faux News.

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Rita Skeeter's avatar

Radio and TV drug marketing supported by interviews with doctors recommending the products seem to be the most powerful intervention of control over the minds of the public. It was the public messaging that changed smoking habits without ever banning the product itself.

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Clare Goldsberry's avatar

I think that drug advertising will stop due to the fact that most people with whom I'm acquainted now stream everything -- even paying the extra $10 per month to be free of all advertisements.

I'm sure this is greatly impacting the demographics that advertisers look for when they decide where and how many ads to place with a given network. The Millennials especially, do not watch TV like we boomers did back in the day. My two adult grandsons haven't watched TV in years, and neither have their girlfriends or their friends. In fact, neither of them even own a TV!

So, drug advertising my die along with the death of all these TV channels, that basically carry nothing but reruns and stupid programming that is not worth watching.

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