ABC Blows Smoke at Audience on Tobacco-on-Film Study

Business & Media Institute ^ | October 10, 2006 | Ken Shepherd

[ClearCase_guy]

“He just felt the world needed fixing,” Dr. Joel Alpert told Carter.

I'm having images of Sylvester Stallone: "You're the disease, and I'm the cure."

[Hegemony Cricket]

“He just felt the world needed fixing,”

Most people who have that basic attitude would do the world a great big favor if they would remove themselves from it immediately...

[L98Fiero]

“He just felt the world needed fixing,”

I believe the same can be said of most tyrants.

[RebelBanker]

In terms of life expectancy impact, which is worse - smoking or engaging in homosexual acts? Imagine the uproar if someone suggested banning depictions of homosexuals from TV and automatically giving an 'R' rating to any movie showing homosexuals (regardless of how they are portrayed).

[nothingnew]

The Disney movie ‘102 Dalmatians’ should be R-rated instead of G, two anti-smoking activists insist. Not because they antagonist was a demented woman bent on turning cute puppies into a fur coat. Nope. Cruella De Vil’s real crime was smoking.

“Movies that depict smoking are the single greatest media threat to children say two prominent doctors,” ABC’s Heather Nauert warned her “Good Morning America” audience.

Hahahaha!

FMCDH(BITS)

[youthgonewild]

So should all pictures of this man be censored?

[dfwgator]

The Disney movie ‘102 Dalmatians’ should be R-rated instead of G,

Actually it should just be burned because it was god-awful.

[JBR34]

ABC is on a mission to stop cigarette smoking.

It's now part of their Corporate Culture ever since their most visible voice, Peter Jennings was felled by lung cancer.

[Gabz]

Nanny state ping!!!!!!!!


BTW - for those not familiar with him - "Dr." Stanton Glantz is not a medical doctor, he has a PhD in mechanical engineering.

[absolootezer0]

heck, i figured it was good for kids to see that only the "bad guys" smoked. then they'd associate smoking with bad guys and not want to do it. “In families where no one smoked and kids were never allowed to see R-rated movies, less than 1% tried smoking.”

so, does this make me a 1 percenter?

[Bigh4u2]

"So should all pictures of this man be censored?"

The new 'improved' version.

[DakotaRed]

Did they somehow miss that the smokers in today's movies is usually the bad guy?

[Just A Nobody]

two anti-smoking activists insist
two prominent doctors

I am sick and tired of TWO - yes 2, individuals dictating to the masses what they can and can not do or see! Where is the outrage?

[Just A Nobody]

So should all pictures of this man be censored?

Yes! But not because he is smoking. ;*)

[Just A Nobody]

Thanks for the ping! Rush was just talking about this!

Glantz is not a medical doctor, he has a PhD in mechanical social engineering.

This would be more appropriate.

[Just A Nobody]

The new 'improved' revisionist version.

There ya go.

[youthgonewild]

LOL it looks like that mans camera is shooting a laser into his mouth

[Gabz]

Definitely more appropriate.

It drives me totally insane how he is always referred to has a "doctor" with the implication he is an MD..........he has a doctor"ate" which does allow him the honorific of "Dr." but that is far different than being a DOCTOR.

[Bigh4u2]

"The new 'improved' revisionist version.

There ya go."

Thanks. Just couldn't think of the word.

:)