Comments on: General Electric’s Hypocrisy on Advertising

By: Hening

Hening — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:33 +0000

So when do they take out those ‘Men In Black’ flashers and make everyone forget that debate?

Obama gets asked some real questions and they want to mulligan, or blame it on the commercials? This is making the 2000 and the 2004 election look sophisticated in comparison.

From dangling chads to improperly timed ads.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:02:37 +0000

GE
Not what it used to be.

By: gabriel sutherland

gabriel sutherland — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:00:11 +0000

Is that a New Yorker piece without a byline? The Communications Workers of America won’t be pleased to learn of this violation of their collective bargaining agreement.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:57:02 +0000

Nice to see that the writer contributed his time and is not paid, must give him a warm feeling to do all of his writing for free…wait, he is paid? How dare him make money off of something so sacred as a Presidential campaign.

By: TugboatPhil

TugboatPhil — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:28:08 +0000

Neo on April 21, 2008 at 10:24 AM

The correct phrase, ala J. Kerry, would be, “Where can I get me a huntin’ license.” Us hicks fall for that stuff all the time. Think I’ll go to the bowling alley and see if I can top a 37.

By: Limerick

Limerick — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:58:21 +0000

Nuclear triggers, stove tops, Telemundo…on and on and on…free enterprise nirvana. Diversity is their shield. Whatever they do to hurt sales in one area will probably pick up sales in another. Win-win for the stockholders and adds kevlar to those golden parachutes.

Got to admit it, folks, they have one hell of a buisness plan.

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:23 +0000

Generally Execrable.

By: michaelo

michaelo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:41:48 +0000

And my outfit (at Citi) just got bought up by GE; Ewwww! Hard to believe my first exposure to Ronald Reagan was on the GE speaking circuit (1963; yes, I was there for the birth of dirt.)

By: Oldnuke

Oldnuke — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:38:48 +0000

Wow, I run an ad blocker and I didn’t see any ads at all when I followed the link. Thanks! I didn’t realize how well my blocker worked.

By: CP

CP — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:30:32 +0000

They ought to rename the network BS-NBC

By: whitetop

whitetop — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:30:12 +0000

GE. Going green today…red tomorrow.

By: jgapinoy

jgapinoy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:29:26 +0000

All those match ads…targeted to you, Ed?

By: rplat

rplat — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:26:07 +0000

MSNBC works very hard to maintain its viewer base . . . both of them.

By: Neo

Neo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:24:47 +0000

At least they don’t put patches on the candidates outfits for advertisers like they do in Nascar.

Although when playing to the south they could slap a John Deer cap on Barry “Osama” Obama and have him say he gets his huntin’ license and WAL*Mart. And maybe Hillary could say how much she likes tossing back Jaggermeister shots when hanging out with other middle-aged men like herself.

By: kcluva

kcluva — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:24:12 +0000

Sold my GE stock a long time ago because of their liberal bent.

By: gryphon202

gryphon202 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:20:03 +0000

Money is not the root of all evil. Love of money is the root of all evil. If money were corrupting ipso facto, I’d be a little more corrupt every Thursday when I go into work to pick up my paycheck. D–N you, employers of America!

By: Bob's Kid

Bob's Kid — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:19:40 +0000

I long ago learned to tune out ads entirely, unless I’m watching football or NASCAR with my sister an beer ads come on–those usually are pretty entertaining, but don’t do the advertisers much good as I don’t even drink beer. Totally ignore ads on websites as a rule.

By: rightside

rightside — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:18:36 +0000

Do as we say, not as we do… or What bias?