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	<title>Comments on: Advertising stunt double lands Pfizer in the congressional crosshairs</title>
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		<title>By: Kerry D. Lonsdale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kerry D. Lonsdale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BMW commercials disclose: &quot;Professional driver.  Do not attempt.&quot;  Weight Watchers discloses: &quot;Results not typical.&quot;  Pfizer could have easily remedied the situation, and been more responsible, if the company disclosed: &quot;Professional rower.  Do not attempt.&quot;

I think the issue worth pursuing is what needs to be disclosed during the course of an advertisement and to what extent it needs to be disclosed.  It would make things a lot easier if our audience was intelligent enough to realize that many images depicted are solely for the purpose of demonstrating the full functionality of a product and that all potential buyers may not have the skill--or in the case of Pfizer, be healthy enough-- to take a product&#039;s functions to the max.  But, of course, that&#039;s not always the case.  As for me, I may want that BMW, but you sure won&#039;t find me driving like &quot;Speed Racer&quot; around those tight mountain curves even though I know the car could handle it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BMW commercials disclose: &#8220;Professional driver.  Do not attempt.&#8221;  Weight Watchers discloses: &#8220;Results not typical.&#8221;  Pfizer could have easily remedied the situation, and been more responsible, if the company disclosed: &#8220;Professional rower.  Do not attempt.&#8221;</p>
<p>I think the issue worth pursuing is what needs to be disclosed during the course of an advertisement and to what extent it needs to be disclosed.  It would make things a lot easier if our audience was intelligent enough to realize that many images depicted are solely for the purpose of demonstrating the full functionality of a product and that all potential buyers may not have the skill&#8211;or in the case of Pfizer, be healthy enough&#8211; to take a product&#8217;s functions to the max.  But, of course, that&#8217;s not always the case.  As for me, I may want that BMW, but you sure won&#8217;t find me driving like &#8220;Speed Racer&#8221; around those tight mountain curves even though I know the car could handle it.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Rosenthal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert Rosenthal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ironically, Robert Jarvik&#039;s wife is Marilyn Vos Savant, who had the world record for highest IQ.</description>
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