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Originally Posted by Larry Jacks
[Snip!] They're also selling the idea that they'd be a good investment because they're looking "beyond petroleum" (to use BP's tagline). [Snip!]
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Now I will grant that there may be thousands of potential investors watching, but anyone who would make investment decisions based on glitzy TV commercials, ... Well, you know what they say, a fool and his mutual funds are soon parted!
In a similar vein, here in Milwaukee (and several other cities) we have an amusing little annoyance called "Transit TV Network" that pipes in programming (and advertising!) on the buses. One ad that ran for a long time last year noted how millions of viewers see TTN for an average of about 45 minutes every day and that TTN is a great place for advertising. Only one little problem:
the people with the clout to make that kind of decision wouldn't be caught dead on mass-transit! 