onifre writes:
IMO, the source of the disinformation is the mainstream media and the reason...well, that I just don't know. It could be ratings and advertisement, but since Glenn Beck's moronic "Obama is a racist" comment, I believe about 6 companies pulled their advertisement from his show. So I don't think that's the reason. This only leaves some bigger agenda as the reason, which we can then speculate on it being the Pharm Industry or someone like that.
It should be noted that pharmaceutical companies spend more money on advertising than research, the purported reason for high drug prices in the US. Remember back when such advertising was illegal prior to the Reagan Administration? Did the world end or did we have cheaper drugs?
Mainstream media disinformation exists because they owe a substantial amount of their revenue to those drug commercials. If such advertising was once again banned, and if such companies purportedly spend 15% of their revenue on research and spend more than that figure on advertising, then a ban on such advertising would save the consumer at least 15% overall.
But that would hurt the bottom line for the mainstream media.
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
- Sun Tzu
Big Media is as much our enemy in this debate as Big Pharma or Big Insurance. They will say anything in their propaganda to preserve their bottom line.
Edited by anglagard, : Add last paragraph for the particularly oblivious.
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