I just saw a Wal-Mart commercial on PBS

dissent1977

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Mon Jul-11-05 11:57 PM
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I just saw a Wal-Mart commercial on PBS

It was portraying Wal-Mart as a great company to work for. PBS keeps sickening me more all the time.

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ailsagirl

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Tue Jul-12-05 12:00 AM
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1. EWWWW... that's disgusting

Edited on Tue Jul-12-05 12:00 AM by ailsagirl

I saw a "Join the Army" ad on TV Land, which really ticked me off.
(Usually I can zap the commercials so I don't have to watch. This
was not one of those times.)

It's sad that the neocon BS has infiltrated PBS...

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pstokely

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Tue Jul-12-05 02:41 AM
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8. isn't TV Land's target demographic too old for enlistment?

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ailsagirl

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Tue Jul-12-05 06:38 PM
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9. Not anymore!!!

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evlbstrd

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Tue Jul-12-05 12:00 AM
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2. They've been running them for a while now.

It saddens me, too.
But, I still watch and support my local PBS affiliate. They are very good and responsive the their audience.
Frontline rocks!

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brainshrub

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Tue Jul-12-05 12:05 AM
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3. When I see a Wal-Mart commercial on PBS I want to vomit.

C'mon PBS... are you guys that hard-up for money?

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Bozita

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Tue Jul-12-05 12:21 AM
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7. Yes, they are that hard up for money

So sad.

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xxqqqzme

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Tue Jul-12-05 12:07 AM
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4. they R a spnsor of Tavis Smiley's show.

I usually tune in a minute or 2 late 2 miss the commercial. He must has received numerous complaints about malwart as his sponsor, cuz one night he started his show w/ a defense of malwart as his sponsor. It is the one aspect of his show I do not like. But then, I don't shop there anyway.

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ConfuZed

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Tue Jul-12-05 12:09 AM
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5. Big deal! I just went to wal-mart to buy a flash light tonight

Edited on Tue Jul-12-05 12:09 AM by ConfuZed

Oooooooooh! I'm bad!

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Ron Green

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Tue Jul-12-05 06:40 PM
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10. You're not bad, just confuzed.

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applegrove

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Tue Jul-12-05 12:17 AM
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6. When did the ads start on PBS? I thought the whole point was not

to be beholden to corporations? To have a T.V. network devoted to humanity and not at the mercy of commercialism?

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