Fake "news segments" as ads for BS -- exposed by John Oliver

[Brisketexan 105483]

So, the other night, had on KVUE news to catch the weather and sports.  As the newscast wrapped up, there was a bizarre spot that looked a whole lot like a news piece, but we knew it wasn't a news piece....pitching some insane "magnetic sexual wellness blanket."  As it aired, my wife and I started laughing, asking "what the FUCK was that?"  It was such obvious mumbo-jumbo bullshit.

Turns out, it was a prank by John Oliver, to show how local news stations will happily take dollars from anyone to run a "looks like a news piece" selling any number of bullshit products/services.

https://deadline.com/2021/05/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-sponsored-content-sexual-wellness-blanket-1234763343/?fbclid=IwAR3RTKMNJv7kP6BNcR5snG99aKGl6g5OzUYh-f_7kojI8toykT63NgtRhcM

 

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Two major station groups said that they were reviewing their processes for airing sponsored content following a segment that aired on HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in which the show paid to get an interview on the air featuring a spokesperson for a fake “sexual wellness blanket.”

The crux of the segment was Oliver’s criticism of local stations that air sponsored programming that look like news segments. Even though they are labeled as being sponsored segments, Oliver said that they still allow people to pay to get on the air with dubious medical devices and claims.

So Oliver and his team hatched a fake device, a “sexual wellness blanket,” and then set up a fake spokesperson to be interviewed by an on-air personality for segments on three stations, KTVX-TV in Utah, KVUE-TV in Austin and KMGH-TV in Denver.

The ad itself was funny as shit.  And seeing the normally respectable Kim Barnes absolutely sell her dignity and credibility for a few bucks was....kinda sad.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Good stuff. 

JO does Gods work

[Brisketexan 105483]

Found the fake website.  It was hilarious.

It was the "magnetogenetics" line that had us both cracking up.  It was great.

[Deej 77005]

Pioneered in Germany 80 years ago. So 1941. Top Nazi scientists.

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2100]

Oliver's a deserving heir to Jon Stewart.  Actually changing the world through his comedy.

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2100]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Pioneered in Germany 80 years ago. So 1941. Top Nazi scientists.

I used one of those blankets and my wife thought I'd fired a V2

[RPM 26381]

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9381]

Just a fabulous bit by JO. KVUE definitely took a big hickey on that one, but of ot causes them to review & change their policies for content advertising then it's well worth it.

Kim & Mike Barnes. A case study in the fate that befalls local broadcasting talent when they--gasp--get older.

[Willfully Horn 8068]

One might well argue that throwing any blanket over me, during sex, improves my aesthetic performance.

[Armybrat 40942]

We have noticed some ads that are done in a news format on more than one local newscast. Some of them are almost as long as infomercials.

[Pasken 1309]

The best part was the tweet they put out the next morning.

 

 

[Steel Shank 9435]

"Hey, take me to the gates of Venus!"

- Steel Shank

 

Edited May 25, 2021 by Steel Shank

[Brisketexan 105483]

12 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

"Hey, take me to the gates of Venus!"

- Steel Shank

So . . . you're gonna have to get under this blanket here . . . 

[Nivek 17016]

Found the fake website.  It was hilarious.



It was the "magnetogenetics" line that had us both cracking up.  It was great.

I thought he said magnetotellurics...

[Armybrat 40942]

Any copper in that blankie?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13536]

I was most shocked that it only costs between $2-3K to get a segment on these shows where the TV host will act excited and intrigued about your product.

[Brisketexan 105483]

32 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I was most shocked that it only costs between $2-3K to get a segment on these shows where the TV host will act excited and intrigued about your product.

I know.  I have always liked Kim Barnes.  I may pay that to have her produce a video gushing about "Spend an Hour with the Delightful Brisketexan!"

I mean, I've always had to pay for pleasant people to spend time with me, this time I'd get it on video.

[Deej 77005]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I was most shocked that it only costs between $2-3K to get a segment on these shows where the TV host will act excited and intrigued about your product.

Uncle Boobs just bought time for his "Miracle Vaginal Moisturizer".

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11821]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Any copper in that blankie?

I tried one, my wife asked why I bought an invisibility cloak.

[Nivek 17016]

Uncle Boobs just bought time for his "Miracle Vaginal Moisturizer".
 

Or dehydrator

[WhatTheBuck 28823]

I suppose this isn’t the place to talk about Sinclair Broadcast Group.

[atomheartbevo 89895]

5 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I suppose this isn’t the place to talk about Sinclair Broadcast Group.

These Sinclairs are more trustworthy than the Sinclair Broadcasting Group

 

[hullabelew 3724]

The biggest radio station in Atlanta got into something similar.  For years, they have sold time on Sundays to 'financial advisors'.  They always say they are paid spots and the people aren't employees, but the shows sound like any other talk show..with people calling in and asking questions.  This dude did it for a couple of years running a peer-to-peer lending program....then hauled ass.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/turn-yourself-its-beyond-time-wife-missing-financial-adviser-wanted-by-fbi-speaks-out/U65WAOILIFDYVNXZ7CNC47BVUQ/

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13536]

I can see why TV stations will want to quickly and barely display that these segments are paid segments. The message makes them seem less legit, which of course they are. But they also look like they put that disclaimer on the screen at the end of the broadcast when many people are turning away or not looking at the screen. This allows the advertiser to place their segment video on their website with no hint of a disclaimer on the video. They don't even have to edit it out.

[Ghost of LL 15565]

So has KVUE said or tweeted anything about this?

[sidis 9832]

3 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

So has KVUE said or tweeted anything about this?

see paken's post above.

main takeaway from this thread...there is literally no extraordinarily mediocre looking 40-60 year old woman in the world that brisket is not capable of coveting.  particularly if their job is to read a teleprompter for 15 minutes a day.

you gotta respect that.

[Brisketexan 105483]

3 minutes ago, sidis said:

main takeaway from this thread...there is literally no extraordinarily mediocre looking 40-60 year old woman in the world that brisket is not capable of coveting.  particularly if their job is to read a teleprompter for 15 minutes a day.

What utter bullshit.

The teleprompter part is completely irrelevant.

 

 

And I have no problem maintaining that Kim Barnes is quite cute, and squarely within my demographic and, having met her, she is smart, pleasant, and charming.

[Ghost of LL 15565]

8 minutes ago, sidis said:

see paken's post above.

main takeaway from this thread...there is literally no extraordinarily mediocre looking 40-60 year old woman in the world that brisket is not capable of coveting.  particularly if their job is to read a teleprompter for 15 minutes a day.

you gotta respect that.

Id idn't think that was KVUE's statement on this.  I just thought that was an ill-timed coincidence.

[sidis 9832]

23 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 Kim Barnes is [...] smart

sex blanket say "huh?"

[Brisketexan 105483]

9 minutes ago, sidis said:

sex blanket say "huh?"

And that's fair.

You sound like someone who hasn't boned up on their magnetogenetics.

[Jerry Callo 8773]

On 5/25/2021 at 12:12 PM, Brisketexan said:

As it aired, my wife and I started laughing, exclaiming . . .

[Brisketexan 105483]

45 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Surly already has a legendary sex tent.  I see absolutely no reason why it should not be accompanied by a magnetic sex blanket.

[elfenix 34365]

On 5/25/2021 at 4:32 PM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I was most shocked that it only costs between $2-3K to get a segment on these shows where the TV host will act excited and intrigued about your product.

i had suspected that ads were ridiculously cheap when i started doing the math on "limited edition" sports memorabilia.  i didn't know it was that cheap. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21999]

It sounds like there could be an opportunity for some Surly fun here

[Cajun 11760]

4 hours ago, sidis said:

see paken's post above.

main takeaway from this thread...there is literally no extraordinarily mediocre looking 40-60 year old woman in the world that brisket is not capable of coveting.  particularly if their job is to read a teleprompter for 15 minutes a day.

you gotta respect that.

Brisket has a very interesting "palette" at times, but he's got guts and guts is enough.

[Brisketexan 105483]

45 minutes ago, Cajun said:

Brisket has a very interesting "palette" at times, but he's got guts and guts is enough.

[Updawg 2295]

Wonder how much it costs to get quita culpepper to review your product on does it work Wednesday

[Deej 77005]

How much for Erika Lopez to review my product?

[Armybrat 40942]

Sydney... pulleeeezze stop talking through your nose!

 

[Cajun 11760]

58 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

 

[Cajun 11760]

43 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Sydney... pulleeeezze stop talking through your nose!

 

Nothing hawter than a broad who walks around with a fart-smellin' look all the time.

[Cajun 11760]

Somethin' somethin' corn through a picket fence somethin' somethin'...

[JohnnyRage 1617]

So does it work or not?

[hpslugga 4068]

On 5/25/2021 at 12:34 PM, Doc Reeves said:

Good stuff. 

JO does Gods work

He’s definitely been an invaluable piece to mainstream “news” that’s been missing for a very long time. It’s not exactly “Democracy Now! has invaded HBO,” but I’ll take it. 

[B00M 6520]

On 5/25/2021 at 12:44 PM, OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys said:

Oliver's a deserving heir to Jon Stewart.  Actually changing the world through his comedy.

It's not really the same gig anymore, but Oliver is a big upgrade in my opinion. Quality over quantity.

Edited May 30, 2021 by B00M

[B00M 6520]

1 hour ago, JohnnyRage said:

So does it work or not?

That rocket phoenix dildo will definitely get you hard

[Hagbard Celine 10967]

On 5/25/2021 at 12:43 PM, Deej said:

Pioneered in Germany 80 years ago. So 1941. Top Nazi scientists.

Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian born in the Ukraine that died in a US prison in 1957 after the FBI burned his papers.  #teamJO is clearly doing a send-up on orgone energy.