Comments on: You’re Ugly, Poorly Dressed & Uncool — Basically, a Loser

By: madmanmardy

madmanmardy — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:10:08 +0000

honest Adverts are not the problem the problem is subliminal messages and product placement

By: Cindy M

Cindy M — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:41:58 +0000

I tell myself that at least I still pretty much have the freedom to turn the stuff off (and do) if I don’t want to look at it or hear it in my own home or car. And I don’t believe 98% of what the media blabs on about anyway.

By: MLH

MLH — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:28:23 +0000

I enjoyed reading the article,the information was helpful and amusing,as it has been going on since TV came on the air.
oh,by the way Charlie is on ABC not CBS.

By: One Man 33

One Man 33 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:01:36 +0000

I agree with some of the other people who mentioned just how important advertising is. I also agree that it has made its way into every crack and crevice of society. Oh well. The bottom line is advertising is a necessary evil. We need it. Without it, we would not know what products are out there. Advertising helps companies’ bottom lines by telling showing consumers what’s out there. We need to know, right?

If you’re paying attention to the product placement in movies, then maybe the movie just isn’t that interesting. I noticed that Transformers was a giant ad for GMC, but do you think that took away from the movie? Nope, it was still an awesome movie. I mention that movie because we had a big discussion about just that at work a few weeks ago. If TV commercials bother you that much, then maybe you should do what I do and just flip through channels while you wait for the show you were watching to resume. Ultimately, exposure to product placement is inevitable, but how you let it affect you and your financial decisions depends solely on you, the individual.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:22:51 +0000

I hear this complaint all the time, as I work in the broadcast industry and used to sell advertising for a TV station.

Realize that while it’s fun to complain about advertising, without it you would be paying a lot more for the privilage of using/buying/viewing just about anything. A newspaper is only as cheap as it is because of all the ads in it. The same premise is true of TV, and especially TV news. The cost of producing a news program is enormous, so if they got rid of the advertising, most stations would pull the plug on their newscasts.

To Granny: You need to realize that a direct result of trying to balance news and ads, many TV newsrooms don’t have the staff necessary to cover all the stories, and so they have to rely on press releases to create content. Especially when it comes to science, there are very few reporters that are versed enough in science to report on it.

Complain about it all you want, but if advertising went away, you’d be paying out the nose for just about everything you use.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:32:16 +0000

lol. great title!

By: granny

granny — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:27:57 +0000

To me there is a huge difference between subliminal ads and standard advertising. A report in the news that has been created by a company and is paid for and then presented as a news item is a whole hell of a lot different than the commerical in between breaks.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:53:13 +0000

Exactly! This site is maintained via ad placements, revenues from which help to pay you as a contributing writer. We all know there’s a limit — plastering a Coke ad over Lincoln memorial would be truly disgraceful. But what’s wrong with companies pushing their products through media (including movies)?

Also, most basic cable installations (if not all) come with a DVR. Hit “record”, let the program you watching lapse for 15 mins, and fast forward through all commercials.

Just look a Google and how immensely huge it is … all because of effective delivery of ads.

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By: CT

CT — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:34:46 +0000

Don’t you think its a tad ironic that you’re complaining about advertising and product placement on a blog that has several google ads on it? Advertising helps companies sell their products, and money spent on advertising pumps money into the economy by paying for certain costs (such as the cost of bandwidth to host your blog).