RE: virus: Blah blah blah

Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:11:01 -0800

Bill Roh wrote:

<< I have no problem with a guest talking about their show
- that is not the issue. This show was dedicated 100% to advertising her
movie and telling the viewers to go see the movie - never moving away from the subject. The show had one purpose only - to sell tickets to her movie. The station had no vested interest in the movie. This is a conflict of interests and should have had a disclaimer attached.>>

The purpose of all commercial television is to sell stuff. If they could show nothing but commercials and have people watch them, they would. Conflict of interest? Who would be more interested in seeing Oprah's movie than Oprah's audience?

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