You are not only correct, but guess who had your (and my) attitude? Note that he was no doubt being sarcastic about the truth in ads.
"I read no newspaper now but Ritchie's, and in that chiefly the advertisements, for they contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now passing. I read nothing, therefore, but of the heroes of Troy, of the wars of Lacedaemon and Athens, of Pompey and Caesar, and of Augustus too, the Bonaparte and parricide scoundrel of that day.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to To Nathaniel Macon Monticello, January 12, 1819
I believe there is one other country that allows the pharmaceutical industry to advertise their products on television: New Zealand.
I think that was a very recent development. Thanks.
not so, been that way for decades: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-08-2024/why-does-new-zealand-still-allow-direct-advertising-of-prescription-drugs
And how many ads can you trust? None for me.
You are not only correct, but guess who had your (and my) attitude? Note that he was no doubt being sarcastic about the truth in ads.
"I read no newspaper now but Ritchie's, and in that chiefly the advertisements, for they contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now passing. I read nothing, therefore, but of the heroes of Troy, of the wars of Lacedaemon and Athens, of Pompey and Caesar, and of Augustus too, the Bonaparte and parricide scoundrel of that day.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to To Nathaniel Macon Monticello, January 12, 1819
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jefferson/jefl253.php