Did Wal-Mart buy out NBC?

[Cleita]

I watched the movie tonight, "The Jensen Project". It was entertaining considering there wasn't anything else on. But it was entirely sponsored by Wal-Mart and to a lesser degree Pampers, I mean the whole two hours. There were no other sponsors. The commercials were depicting these fictional American families like you see in sit-coms. Now I know the real people who shop at Wal-Mart aren't living that grand and they shop there because they are barely scraping by and Wal-Mart's loss leaders help them to survive. Not only that I couldn't change the channel once I was there to any of the three digit cable channels. I have satellite TV and I'm wondering what is going on because as soon as it was over, I was able to get the three digit cable channels but not before.

Weird, weird weird. I'm keeping an eye on this.

[Jamastiene]

1. The entire movie was one big ginormous ad.

Don't forget the early reference to Pur filters and water purifier IN the movie, then followed by commercials advertising those Pur water purifier packets.

To me, at least, the advertising and product placement was REALLY REALLY obvious. It could be that my bullshit meter is super sensitive, but then again. It was awfully "advertisy" to me.

[Cleita]

2. Yes, yes, you are right. The movie was a big ad. n/t

[upi402]

3. some dirt on WalMart...

A WalMart employee selection actually;
I know of a former prostitute street junkie working in their pharmacy. Has a terminal, communicable disease and isn't blood-born pathogen careful.
Reads and writes at a 6th grade level tops.

This person used to work in a union store, and shopped at WalMart. Guess what happened. Union store closed down.
Oh, and voted for Bush, twice.

WalMart may be being benevolent and giving someone a second chance, I don't know. There may never be a mis-fill on anyone's Rx. There may never be a finger stick and contamination either. Obama may fire Geithner, Summers, Rahm Emanuel and investigate Republican crimes too.