Trump’s Stand for Truth in Big Pharma Ads

AMAC.us ^ | Friday, October 17, 2025 | W. J. Lee

[E. Pluribus Unum]

President Donald Trump has once again done what few in Washington have dared to do: he’s taken on deceptive and dishonest Big Pharma practices and sided squarely with the American people.

Last month, Trump issued a presidential memorandum directing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr., to require pharmaceutical companies to fully disclose every possible side effect in their direct-to-consumer drug advertisements. While Big Pharma whined that this was a speech control measure, in reality, it is a restoration of basic standards of truth and accountability in advertising. By demanding full transparency, Trump is protecting the public by prohibiting drugmakers from engaging in manipulative marketing.

For nearly three decades, this problem has been growing. In the 1990s, Americans heard the full list of potential side effects every time a new drug was advertised. It wasn’t flattering, but it was honest – and it reminded people that powerful medicine carries real risks.

Then, in 1997, the FDA quietly loosened the rules, allowing companies to cherry-pick a few warnings and direct consumers elsewhere for the fine print. That bureaucratic “streamlining” turned out to be carte blanche for Big Pharma to flood American TV screens with emotional, one-sided sales pitches.

And flood they did. Year after year, drug advertising budgets have climbed, surpassing $10 billion last year. Roughly half of that money flowed straight to television networks – a financial lifeline for struggling media companies that bought not just airtime, but influence throughout the entire newsroom.

The voices that once held Big Pharma corporations accountable became dependent on their ad dollars. Any networks that threatened to expose the potential harms of medications risked losing millions from drug companies. Big Pharma began determining the national conversation about health, while everyday Americans were left with only half the truth.

President Trump’s memorandum...

[kvanbrunt2]

A little late for the Covid Jab disclaimer there Trumper. Should never have given them carte blanche.

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[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Then, in 1997, the FDA quietly loosened the rules, allowing companies to cherry-pick a few warnings and direct consumers elsewhere for the fine print

Another "gift" from the Clintons. Probably in exchange for lots of money to the Clintons and other demonRATs.

[Tymesup]

There’s been an increase in the number of jab ads around here lately. They now mention the heart issues, but make them sound inconsequential. They don’t mention all of the possible side effects, which might make ads run longer than a minute.

There’s also been an increase in pharmacies pushing vaccines. Could be because it will be flu season soon, but I suspect it’s the pharmacies having another bite at the jab apple.

Still waiting for the first law firm ads for jab cases.