At an April 22 Senate hearing, Bernie Sanders and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. found rare common ground on banning junk food advertisements aimed at children.
Download uBlock origin as a browser extension and block all web ads. It is open source. I block it all - the advertising economy must be boycotted until it becomes financially incentivized to stop harmful advertisements. This encompasses pharmaceuticals and junk food as well as scams and phishing.
I remember during an interview Kennedy said something about freedom of speech being the reason why they wouldn’t be able to ban pharma commercials? But I have noticed pharma commercials being real clear about the side effects these days.
Sure, but consider this: Can you go buy antibiotics at the store? No, you need a prescription because they are controlled substances.
We cannot advertise cigarettes or cannabis on TV. Pharmaceuticals are really in the same category and should thus be subject to the same standards IMO.
The only actual rule we’re talking about here is the golden rule.
The man makes sense and he cares deeply about the health of the people. Quite unlike the Sickness Industrial Complex that is fighting him and anyone else who offers alternative ways to real health. More power to him.
One would imagine that there is a happy medium that does not violate freedom of speech. Perhaps we need to consider the implications of the imagery in the ads as false advertising.
Or, better yet, we simply stop extending freedoms granted to individuals to corporations. Undo the damage of the Citizens United ruling and rein in all corporate speech - non-human entities have shown that they use speech to lethal ends quite frequently.
As I was waiting for my prescription at my favorite grocery store I turned around to see a cardboard stand covered in exquisite art in bold colors with super heroes at child’s eye height begging for children to become superheroes by eating Oreos, with Marvel comics on the packaging “ Green Stuff of Doom” “A Twist of Power” Collect All Special Edition Packs while they last was the writing on the stand. The store was even more complicit by offering a sale price if two were purchased.
Besides being a degreed Nutritionist, that has never been a job that paid well and including for anybody in Dietetics or Nutrition, I also have a career in sales. From working for a food company to selling fishing boats, I know the word magic to keep consumers keyed into a product to gain a sale. The advertising was at its best and situated in an area where people stand in line waiting and with children. And not near any other products like it. The isle behind it was selling laundry detergent. I thought well this is one reason for ordering groceries online with free delivery.
Now this is where the power of persuasion comes into play as a sales person and a nutritionist. Contacting the head office at the grocery chain and ask for these “Pitch Stands” to be removed for the sake of children’s health. In fact, you don’t need to be a nutritionist or sales person, just be you with your message of good health for children and ask your local store to remove them. Most of the time the sales person for the product placed them there. The store managers are most likely parents too and would agree with your request if they can sway their head office to make the change. Volume of voices matters and how the comics leave the grocery store. Also stand your ground if children see the movie with superheroes on a cardboard stand with their favorite cookies, don’t give in, reward yourself for saying no. You are saving your child from green dye, hydrogenated seed oils, sugar, and acting out sugar crazy. Take the cart over to the fruit area and let them each pick out a fruit to take home and claim as their own. They can have super hero napkins usually found in the birthday isle and plates for their fruit and hold the power to a knife if older, and become Vitamin C super heroes themselves.
We'll see. I think where these Congresspeople get their funding is a more accurate indicator of their "understanding of true things." Upton Sinclair's famous quote applies mostly to politicians: "It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
Oh yes. The media in its ever-present indoctrination to all that’s bad for so many. Whoever pays to advertise gets first shot at marketing poisons. Look at the drug companies! I haven’t owned a TV in years. Why pay to be bombarded with crap!! Don’t buy, they die!
It is good that they can find common ground. I hope that it can broaden. Secretary Kennedy may be having to refrain from saying anything negative about Israel to avoid the fate of his father, uncle and first cousin...
Ban the drug ads!!!
oh my soul - visiting relatives in Florida -- let's just say thank goodness for streaming services to opt out of commercials :-O
Download uBlock origin as a browser extension and block all web ads. It is open source. I block it all - the advertising economy must be boycotted until it becomes financially incentivized to stop harmful advertisements. This encompasses pharmaceuticals and junk food as well as scams and phishing.
Oh my goodness, yes!
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Like others have said… ban big Pharma ads!!!! Thay are so obnoxious and disgusting and perpetuate illness in the human race.
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Along with pharmaceutical ads
Ban Bernie the commie!
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I thought he was going to try to ban big Pharma ads?
You thought correctly. Can you imagine the threats and pressure he
met? Banning is another form of censorship even in the best case scenarios
like this.
I remember during an interview Kennedy said something about freedom of speech being the reason why they wouldn’t be able to ban pharma commercials? But I have noticed pharma commercials being real clear about the side effects these days.
Sure, but consider this: Can you go buy antibiotics at the store? No, you need a prescription because they are controlled substances.
We cannot advertise cigarettes or cannabis on TV. Pharmaceuticals are really in the same category and should thus be subject to the same standards IMO.
The only actual rule we’re talking about here is the golden rule.
Ban drug ads! They are ridiculous.
https://www.mahaaction.org/contact
How about banning vaccine Ads?
Omg, yes! Especially the covid ones!
Flat out banned? Or made to add a disclaimer like Drug Cos?
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Here's that Sanders RFK clip
https://substack.com/home/post/p-195064388?source=queue&autoPlay=true
Fantastic! Yes, let’s ban junk food ads on TV, but don’t stop there.
Ban pharmaceutical ads everywhere, from TV, magazines and newspapers.
So I'm Sober. It can be really painful to see alcohol ads on "TV" I really wish they weren't allowed to advertise there. Like tobacco.
I agree with you. Ads for addictive substances need to be banned from all types of media.
The man makes sense and he cares deeply about the health of the people. Quite unlike the Sickness Industrial Complex that is fighting him and anyone else who offers alternative ways to real health. More power to him.
Ok thats fine however, I'd prefer all the drugs ads gone. Im so sick and tired of them.
I'm all for freedom, and not for bans....but junk food and drugs (including supplements, herbals, etc.) probably shouldn't be advertised.
One would imagine that there is a happy medium that does not violate freedom of speech. Perhaps we need to consider the implications of the imagery in the ads as false advertising.
Or, better yet, we simply stop extending freedoms granted to individuals to corporations. Undo the damage of the Citizens United ruling and rein in all corporate speech - non-human entities have shown that they use speech to lethal ends quite frequently.
As I was waiting for my prescription at my favorite grocery store I turned around to see a cardboard stand covered in exquisite art in bold colors with super heroes at child’s eye height begging for children to become superheroes by eating Oreos, with Marvel comics on the packaging “ Green Stuff of Doom” “A Twist of Power” Collect All Special Edition Packs while they last was the writing on the stand. The store was even more complicit by offering a sale price if two were purchased.
Besides being a degreed Nutritionist, that has never been a job that paid well and including for anybody in Dietetics or Nutrition, I also have a career in sales. From working for a food company to selling fishing boats, I know the word magic to keep consumers keyed into a product to gain a sale. The advertising was at its best and situated in an area where people stand in line waiting and with children. And not near any other products like it. The isle behind it was selling laundry detergent. I thought well this is one reason for ordering groceries online with free delivery.
Now this is where the power of persuasion comes into play as a sales person and a nutritionist. Contacting the head office at the grocery chain and ask for these “Pitch Stands” to be removed for the sake of children’s health. In fact, you don’t need to be a nutritionist or sales person, just be you with your message of good health for children and ask your local store to remove them. Most of the time the sales person for the product placed them there. The store managers are most likely parents too and would agree with your request if they can sway their head office to make the change. Volume of voices matters and how the comics leave the grocery store. Also stand your ground if children see the movie with superheroes on a cardboard stand with their favorite cookies, don’t give in, reward yourself for saying no. You are saving your child from green dye, hydrogenated seed oils, sugar, and acting out sugar crazy. Take the cart over to the fruit area and let them each pick out a fruit to take home and claim as their own. They can have super hero napkins usually found in the birthday isle and plates for their fruit and hold the power to a knife if older, and become Vitamin C super heroes themselves.
Great suggestions, Debbie!
That is AMAZING!!! I was beginning to believe that Bernie Sanders mind was unable to understand simple, true things. I guess it was only temporary.
We'll see. I think where these Congresspeople get their funding is a more accurate indicator of their "understanding of true things." Upton Sinclair's famous quote applies mostly to politicians: "It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
Well said!
I think this 'agreement' is temporary.
Oh yes. The media in its ever-present indoctrination to all that’s bad for so many. Whoever pays to advertise gets first shot at marketing poisons. Look at the drug companies! I haven’t owned a TV in years. Why pay to be bombarded with crap!! Don’t buy, they die!
Have never been connected to anything TV, use one as 40" monitor
No direct or hidden indoctrinations
Great!! Just say NO to their crap! Action speak louder than words.
an option is to use TeleGram and SubStack channels to include short vid clips posted of the insanity and to keep abreast of cutting developments
It is good that they can find common ground. I hope that it can broaden. Secretary Kennedy may be having to refrain from saying anything negative about Israel to avoid the fate of his father, uncle and first cousin...