NEWS RELEASE
For More Information Contact: Gary Ruskin (503) 235-8012
For Immediate Release: February 10th, 2005
Commercial Alert's Statement on Today's FTC Product Placement Decision
Following is the statement of Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert, on todays Federal Trade CommissionҒs decision on product placement:
Today, the FTC has essentially endorsed the deceptive and dishonest practices of the product placement industry, and turned its back on children who are suffering from an epidemic of marketing-related diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes.Ӕ
The FTC decision is available at: http://www.commercialalert.org/FTCletter2.10.05.pdf
Commercial Alerts request for investigation of product placement, and other background materials on product placement, are at: http://www.commercialalert.org/issues/culture/product-placement
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