trajano's Journal: Television Companies Should Be Responsible For Infomercials

Just watching another one of those infomercials late at night again, then the standard disclaimer of the television station appears again. The one that goes "we are not responsible for anything that this program shows".

I think that television stations should take responsibility for showing these informercials. They should have tried the product or get someone accountable that they can transfer the responsibility to. This would reduce all these stupid ads for "super prostate formula" or "tong vu's super pyramid scheme" which target people who might not have the knowledge or the resources to verify the problem, also promote fear in order to consume (as Marilyn Manson says in Bowling for Columbine).

Heck we should include regular commercials too, especially those that target kids.