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Ok, consider this...

Submitted by Paul Michael on March 8, 2008 - 19:38.

...you're watching an interesting debate on TV between a prominent politician and, say, Barbara Walters. She's just about to ask a really important question but then stops, turns to the camera, and says "friends, I'd like to talk to you about an amazing cure for athlete's foot."

This is the difference between regular advertising and paid endorsements. They are far more disruptive and cast a huge shadow of doubt over the legitimacy of the presenter. By all means have your ads, pay for your station that way, but not these crass endorsements. And by the way, it sucks that satellite has ads, too. WHy do you pay for it then?

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