Local News Shows Commercial for Adult store during 5 pm News

Today, started out like any other normal day. I was watching the news at 5 pm on RTV6, cause that is the same channel Judge Judy is on. I noticed a commercial, I think it was the music or something but I was watching it and I was appalled at what I saw. It was a commercial with a man and a woman wearing lingerie, I am not talking some little nightie, like a baby doll, but trashy lingerie, almost see through. It was disgusting. The man and woman were all over each other too. At first I as thought it was like a cable glitch or something, til I saw that it was really a commercial!

It was like Sugar and Spice and Everything nice. It was an ad for an adult sex store. Yes, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. That’s really what it is. Really? Really? It’s just after 5 pm. This is a local station, not cable, during the news none the less. How many times have you watched the news with your children in the room? Maybe while you were cooking dinner? Yeah probably all the time, like me, I like to know what’s going on in the world besides where Dora is going to that day or what kind of math Team Umi Zoomi is going to use to help the kids in Umi City.

I am very protective of what my four year watches. I keep the filth of the world away from my son’s eyes. You know there is a ton of it on TV. I really am upset that RTV6 would accept advertising for the adult store and show it when 99% of kids are awake when their parents watch the news at 5 pm. Ok maybe 11 pm news would be ok….not that I want to see that, but seriously. It would be more likely that a ton of kids wouldn’t see it. Think about it, We all watch the news, we don’t put our kids in another room to do so. It is really disgusting that they have to be exposed to that trash. Seriously it was bordering on soft core porn. Isn’t there some kind of law against this? Something to do with the FCC I believe. I think RTV6 should be ashamed of themselves for exposing our children to lewd and sexual commercials.

Thankfully, my son wasn’t in the room at the time. If he would have been I would be on the phone with the station, giving them a piece of my mind. I am sure thousands of kids saw that commercial. There are only 3 news stations. They have things like Call 6 for Help. Who am I gonna call when they show SMUT? Their slogan is On your side…. More like on your side to morally corrupt your children.

Risk Free Trials

Lately I have noticed a lot of commercials where they say if you are one of the 100 callers in your area you will get a risk free trial. Then a counter pops up so you think that there are people calling. Who really calls at 2 am in your area or so to order whatever skin stuff or eye junk they are selling. I have seen the same commercials many times and I have noticed the numbers jump the same every time. Obviously it is not being completely accurate or honest. They just want you to think that people are actually ordering their product and to promote hysteria about their product.

Which brings me to my next point; they offer you a risk free trial. What is a risk free trial? Many people might believe it means you get to try it for free. Let’s examine it. Risk free Trial, You hear free trial. Maybe you didn’t pick up the word risk; I only notice those commercials late at night. Honestly, it means you get to pay for it and if you don’t like it, you can get your money back if you don’t like it. Only if you are one of the lucky 100 though, otherwise you seem to be out of luck. How long do you have to decide if you like the product? I mean I bought some hair stuff from Target like a month ago and I still haven’t even tried it. People get busy; it takes a while to try out something that you can’t form an instant opinion until you use it for a while.

I am wondering why only those people get to have their money back. I believe if someone doesn’t like something they should be able to return it for a refund. I don’t think you should have to have a special ticket to do so. I personally find those kinds of commercials extremely misleading. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. You shouldn’t have to be one of a certain number to purchase their item and magically have a return policy. These companies are not giving away anything they are still selling the product to these customers. They should have a customer wide policy.

What do you guys think about this? Do you find it misleading? Do you think their policy is fair?