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bluegreen8907 t1_j5zbfva wrote

Uhhhh ya think?

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Knife2MeetYouToo t1_j5zkaqw wrote

It is mindboggling that people don't seem to think a company earning billions and billions in extra income isn't going to spend the majority of it on marketing...

Hell you can find Reddit censoring thousands of stories about negative effects of medication and side effects simply because Merck paid them a shitload to do it.

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danathecount t1_j607qaf wrote

The issue isn’t the Drug Maker’s motives, it’s the credibility and journalistic integrity of 60 Minutes. Which until this story, was relatively high in the public’s opinion.

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guyonthissite t1_j60go10 wrote

Only to fools. 60 Minutes has been lying to push their agendas (paid for or otherwise) since the hour was invented.

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DanielBrian1966 t1_j62cy3n wrote

"Now back to r/CryptoCurrency, lying about the COVID vaccine, and accusing Democrats of being groomers and pedos."

Of course you're mad at 60 Minutes and their evil agenda alsoknown as "let ignorant, hateful Republicans speak".

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Darkknight1939 t1_j62ifds wrote

Most averageredditor tier comment I've seen in a while.

>Gets triggered by comment, combs through OP's post history, sneeds, writes "my side good, your side bad" copypasta

LMFAO, beyond parody.

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monchota t1_j60uvmx wrote

Not in atleast 10 years if you are under 50.

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maqikelefant t1_j60r0yz wrote

The vast majority of people are well aware of that. What's surprising here is hearing that 60 Minutes will let someone buy their way onto the show. A lot of older people especially view 60 Minutes as a trustworthy source.

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monchota t1_j60utiq wrote

Yep, in both r/news ans r/worldnews. They will take anything down that they are paid for.

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MAD_ELMO t1_j638s6f wrote

I’m impressed your post has lasted 18h so far

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Bippy73 t1_j61744o wrote

I called this in real time. We were posting on the real housewives of Beverly Hills’ Kyle Richards. Folks were saying she has gotten very thin in the past year and everyone was saying how unusual it is that someone who is 50 or so who has always had some weight on them their whole life all of a sudden is skinny. People started posting that they thought that she was on Ozempic or something similar.

People were asking about some bad side effects that they read about. I said how I had just seen this on 60 minutes and questioned whether the manufacturer of the drug owns the network because there was no discussion of any bad side effects of any of those meds or similar. It was strictly presented as the cure-all, and that insurance won’t pay for it unless you’re diabetic.

I remember having previously read about some dangerous side effects from that med and I was surprised that this piece didn’t have it. As soon as I saw this headline, I knew exactly which episode they were talking about.

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