It Had To Be Said

Having never replaced my old analogue TV when they switched to high definition, I don't see it much unless I'm visiting someone's house.    One thing that I see enough to have developed a deep hatred of is those spots with the icy blonde lying on behalf of the Petroleum Institute.   They're on all the time but especially during "news" programming.   Those are as good an example of why broadcasters shouldn't be free to carry lies as it is possible to find.  The incessantly repeated lies, quite often by a woman hired on the belief that women can lie for big money more credibly than men,  are intended to have a real life effect on how people think and act.  And by the time you've heard the lie for the thousandth time, it's undeniably implanted in the mind.  Unless there is countering information to inform you that it's a lie, it's reasonable to believe the lie will be effective.

Looking it up online I find that the blonde oil shill is named Brooke Alexander who has had roles on a couple of soap operas, several nighttime shows and was hired by those organs of no-credibility, CNN and FOX "News" in a "journalistic capacity".    Clearly she's far more successful as a professional liar than as an actor.