TV ads that insult your intelligence

We do watch some American TV programs here at home. While doing so we subjected to an ad that was an insult to our intelligence, then again what is new about that. It was a political ad featuring a Canadian, Shona Holmes, whining about her alleged mistreatment by the medical care she received at home and had to go to the US to be saved.

My wife and I did a little checking and found that the story and ad were just a little bit twisted. Here are a couple of links Ian Welsh: Americans Lives vs. Insurance Company Profits: The Real Battle in Health Care Reform and Kevin Grandia: Koch's AFP Recycles Debunked Anti-Public Health Care Attack Ad . As we suspected the ad is a little more than misleading.

Bob

I find television, and everything on it in general, to be an insult to my intelligence. That's why I rarely watch TV.

That is generally true but to some extent it depends on the content of what you watch and the reasons for watching it. I sometimes might want to learn something or be just entertained, in the latter case it can be as insulting as it wants because it is just for laughs. There is no getting around ads with commercial TV and for me if they can at least make me laugh all is not wasted.

But then that was not the point of my post. It was the mind numbing stance on the medical system of a foreign country portrayed to an audience of whom the vast majority have had no experience with that other county's medical system. Nothing like aggravating your neighbours with utter twaddle.

Bob

The aim of politics, and especially political ads, is to insult the intelligent and enflame the passions of the ignorant. No political candidate wants a smart, well informed populace. Just my opinion of course.

Yea, I know and agree. Just sick and tired of the American right wing BS portrayal of our medical system. Unfortunately there never seems to be a lack of the type populace politicians want in any country much less the USA.

Bob

True that television adds (and most adds in general) are an excellent study in false logic, misleading statements and misinformation.

For instance everyone knows that Ivory Soap is "99 and 44/100 % pure." Wow! Pure must be really good ya? Pure what? Soap, just like all the other soaps. Ivory is so "pure" it floats doesn't it? Yeah, because of whipped in air. That's why it floats. Maybe that accounts for the remaining 56/100 %.

Political adds... everyone knows those are just a mud slinging contest. Either side spouting anything to defame or tarnish the other.

As far as adds concerning pros or cons of another countries health care system, I don't care. Doesn't matter to me what either side proclaims, it's the principle of the thing that matters to me, and my mind is already made up on that issue.

I actually don't care what system of health care the good ole USA has or will have, I don't live there. I do care that our Canadian health care system gets dragged into it constantly and generally in a very misleading way by the American right wingers. I find it hugely annoying to be dragged into a neighbour's internal family squabbles, albeit indirectly, when the facts are misrepresented.

Bob

I don't think some of our politicians have forgiven you for the burning of the White House. Wait until they figure out that you have the bigger part of Niagara Falls!!!

I have been wondering for quite a while now if politicians, yours or ours, can figure out anything useful to their constituents in general. Don't blame us for giving you a head start on urban renewal.

Bob

Every Obama ad I ever saw...