Pharmaceutical Ads and Corporate Control in News Media

A journalist reveals that 70% of revenue from prime time TV ads are from pharmaceutical companies. He also shares how news stories can be impacted by corporate interests, citing his own experience with a colleague. He questions why pharmaceutical ads are allowed on TV when only doctors can prescribe them and highlights that it was illegal prior to 1997.

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