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You’ve all seen them. Those ubiquitous TV ads where a simple little pill transforms a man suffering from erectile dysfunction, or ED, into a virile tiger who puts a smile on the face of his now beaming wife.
Well, Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) has seen them too, and you’d be hard pressed to see a smile on his face when he talks about the ads.
“A number of people,” he says, “have come up, including colleagues, and said I’m fed up. I don’t want my three or four-year old grandkid asking me what erectile dysfunction is all about. And I don’t blame them.”
Enter H.R. 2175. That’s a bill that Rep. Moran introduced last month that would prohibit any ED ads from airing on broadcast radio and TV between 6AM and 10PM. The bill advises the Federal Communications Commission to treat these ads as “indecent” and instruct stations to restrict their broadcast to late night and overnight hours.
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I like it. I'm sick of seeing those ads come on t.v. and I'm watching with my kids or mother or elderly aunt. I have no problem with the ads, I just don't think they should be on during what used to be family hour. I was watching an episode of L & O: SVU the other night and was kind of suprised at the language even used on that show anymore.
Erectile dysfunction ads too hot for TV? - amFIX - CNN.com Blogs
What do you all think?