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What the hell is with all the commercials for medications??


I'm just gonna bitch about this for the sake of bitching. I swear that every 7 out of 8 commercials shown during World News is some form a medication. What is with that? I can understand 1 or 2 here and there but every night it's like a maelstrom being thrown at the viewer. *beep*

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It's been like this since 1996, when the FDA (not FCC) approved advertising for subscription medication. Yes, that's right, only over the counter meds were allowed to be on TV back then. Also, many viewers of network news are of the, uh, older generation and so advertisers try to appeal toward them.

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The older crowd needs the commercials..even though being 22 I actually like the commercials myself. lol.

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