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Old 05-03-2013, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by karengfw View Post
YUP, hate all those big pharma commercials - To be fair, I basically hate commercials, unless they are funny or have great music. I really resent putting food commercials that poke at our desires to eat when we shouldn't, and those big media commercials that are like brainwashing - yes, we want BIGGER and MORE - makes me hit PAUSE or MUTE! What I would like to see is less money being spent on advertising (political too) and more on product and society improvements. Just think of how much THAT would be!
We usually record and go right through the commericals if we can help it.
However, the evening national news is the one that pushes all the drugs on their listeners..........so I "hear you"....