off topic- BOOZE & TV

"<RJ>" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Recently, I've started to see ads for whiskey, rum, etc
on some of my cable TV channels.

I'm sure that all ads for hard liquor were banned
by congress back in the 60's.......
( wish they'd done that with drug ads too )

Nope. There was a voluntary ban on broadcast advertising, on the
part of the liquor industry, and another one on accepting such ads
on the part of the major broadcast networks, but there was never
anything done by Congress or the FCC with respect to making such
things actual legal prohibitions. The liquor industry started to break
its own voluntary ban in the late 1990s, and the use of TV (esp.
cable) ads for "hard" liquor has been on the rise ever since. The
FCC deadlocked on an inquiry into such advertisting in 1997,
and I wouldn't expect the current Commission to take a firmer
stance on this.

Bob M.

RJ said:

Recently, I've started to see ads for whiskey, rum, etc
on some of my cable TV channels.

Actually, NBC was the first to start advertising hard liquor again.

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I'm sure that all ads for hard liquor were banned
by congress back in the 60's.......

It was a self-imposed industry ban. But, now that hard liquor has lost a
a lot of popularity due to health and fear-of-litigation issues, the
industry is feeling the pinch and rethinking its former good will.
Despite the govt's fanatical rush to bag anything with booze breath,
there seems to be little in the way of govt regulation against this
new tack by the industry, proving once again that money lubricates better
than liquor.

nb

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Not really "FOOD", but RFC shows such a diverse
array of interests, knowledge, etc.....

Recently, I've started to see ads for whiskey, rum, etc
on some of my cable TV channels.

I'm sure that all ads for hard liquor were banned
by congress back in the 60's.......
( wish they'd done that with drug ads too )

Has something changed ?

Operant word: cable. Broadcast ads were banned.

Priscilla

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Bob Myers said:

"<RJ>" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Recently, I've started to see ads for whiskey, rum, etc
on some of my cable TV channels.

I'm sure that all ads for hard liquor were banned
by congress back in the 60's.......
( wish they'd done that with drug ads too )

Nope. There was a voluntary ban on broadcast advertising, on the
part of the liquor industry, and another one on accepting such ads
on the part of the major broadcast networks, but there was never
anything done by Congress or the FCC with respect to making such
things actual legal prohibitions. The liquor industry started to break
its own voluntary ban in the late 1990s, and the use of TV (esp.
cable) ads for "hard" liquor has been on the rise ever since. The
FCC deadlocked on an inquiry into such advertisting in 1997,
and I wouldn't expect the current Commission to take a firmer
stance on this.

Bob M.

Bush will ban them again. Drinking is a violation of family values
and all that moral [censored] he "claims" to follow. He's probably drink a
fifth or two and snort some cocaine right before he signs the law into
effect. Remember, the Bush (so far) unwritten laws. Ban alcohol, ban
smoking, ban sex (except to reproduce), and spend all the time you'd
be doing these other things, polishing your gun collection, especially
the assault weapons, except when you are praying to the SAME God that
tells Bush to start wars and kill.

Now that you mentioned booze, I think I need a mixed drink. Be right
back !!!

Bushie isn't going to ban anything involving drinking as long as Pete Coors
is one of his big money supporters.