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!

People invest for a variety of reasons - not all of them are good. Some of the advertising is also meant to counter the political demogoges who're demonizing different industries like drug and oil companies. The message is that the companies aren't as bad as the politicians are saying. Companies have every right to counter negative claims by others, especially if they believe the claims are founded more in politics than reality.