Since the late 1990s, drug companies have spent tens of billions of dollars on television ads, drumming up demand for their products with cheerful jingles and scenes of dancing patients.
  • Ogmios
    361·
    2 days ago

    As a Canadian it’s very weird to me that it’s allowed in the USA.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      17·
      2 days ago

      It’s not all that weird when you consider that all of our rules are made with the ownership class in mind.

      Company makes more money? That is objectively A Good Thing™ regardless of anything anyone says.

      It’s gross :(

    • n2burns@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 days ago

      As a Canadian who lives close enough to the boarder to pick up US OTA TV, it’s one of the most stark signs you’re watching an American station.