Bernie Sanders Discusses Corrupt Influence Big Pharma Has on Corporate Media Coverage
Bernie Sanders Discusses Corrupt Influence Big Pharma Has on Corporate Media Coverage
- December 16, 2016
During a live political event hosted by NowThis & Jash, Senator Bernie Sanders sat down with comedian and activist Sarah Silverman before a live audience to discuss going forward in American politics as a progressive.
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Though the entire event is worth watching if you’re a Bernie fan, one point Sanders made toward the end of the show rings most true for the advocacy we do at Ring of Fire Network.
Speaking on the evils of corporate media, Sanders noted that one of the major contributing factors to the corruption of the media on your television is the those same big pharma ads that eat up a large part of the commercial break. Those same big pharma players who funnel millions in advertising to the network would not be happy if, for instance, reporters began to extensively cover massive lawsuits against Bayer or Pfizer...
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"You have advertisers who spend a huge amount of money on TV advertising. Ever see those crazy drug company advertisements that tells you if you take the drug, all these terrible things are gonna happen to you? Amazes me that anyone ever buys that drug in the first place, but they pour hundreds and hundreds – if not billions – of dollars into television. You think that that maybe might explain why television does not discuss why we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?”
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https://trofire.com/2016/12/16/bernie-sanders-talks-corrupt-influence-big-pharma-corporate-media-coverage/
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