[Hardastarboard]

WPP's media-buying unit Group M is predicting a 3.9% fall in U.S. ad spending in 2009, according to estimates to be released this week. That's after no ad spending growth from 2007 to 2008.

I'm calling BULLSH!T here, out loud. You can't watch the @#@$$ television any more without being annoyed to death with ads. I tried to watch the two hour episode of "24" a while ago, and was literally unable to follow the plot line for all the commercials. They would show four minutes of the program, followed by three minutes of commercials. I finally turned it off in disgust and went to read some history. I can't imagine what it would be like to watch TV if the media swine got the full ad buys they really want.

[Gondring]

You can't watch the @#@$$ television any more without being annoyed to death with ads.

That doesn't mean ad spending isn't down.

[SkipW]

AMEN!