Can we do without television?

What do you do with someone who betrays you? What do you do with a friend who continues to mislead you every day? Foresake them? Show them the door?

What happens when the media betrays you everyday? We trust and remember things we see on television probably more than anything else. And they are using that trust to mess with our minds more than ever before. Both the government and the corporate crew are guilty of dishing out fake news guised in the suits of public service messages or just plain simple news-releases. It is being slipped in so smoothly that you won't even notice that something is astray- until you are lucky enough to catch the same information being quitely re-plastered into the minds, this time re-voiced and as part of your evening news health watch. See the Quest Diagnostics example below.

Now here's the real story:

A new study being released today by the Center for Media and Democracy reveals that at least 77 TV stations around the country have been caught airing corporate-sponsored propaganda disguised as news releases in the past 10 months. Companies funding the video news releases include General Motors, Intel and Pfizer.

Read the transcript or watch the video segments on 'Democracy Now!' [Link]. But before you do so, I'll forewarn you about potential after-shocks unlike some people out there in the market, who have coaxed, hoaxed and vioxx-ed their way into your hearts!

And if that didn't hit you good enough, try these video segments that were aired to the American audience in past few months! [Link] Take a look at these sample clips. You'll be astounded how sweet and serreptitious our labs and businesses can get.

Quicktime videos of the original VNRs with selected newscasts that incorporated them.

	A Fake News Report About Fake E-Mail Trend Micro
	A software company VNR is nationally syndicated through the Tribune network.
	Safety Information Sold Separately Stiefel Laboratories
	A pharmaceutical company dodges federal regulations through fake TV news.
	Work Woes at WBFS-33 Towers Perrin
	A Florida newscast uses a station reporter to disguise a VNR as journalism.
	"Is Your Child Constantly Sick?" Quest Diagnostics

You may think it is not hurting YOU, but if you think carefully enough you'll notice that attitude has permeated into every aspect of our life- so much so that we have accepted these as a way of life. Ignoring a crime or a wrong doing is not the smartest thing to do. It can get you one day!

So what do you do about it? Stand up and speak out. Express your thoughts. Let your local channel [Violater list- Link] know that they have been unfair to you and the community. Or just trash that idiot box! Just kiddin'! Ok, simply snap that cable!