Ironic that radio show hosts for Salem Media, a religious broadcasting company, would be involved in a complaint to the FTC and FDA over deceptive advertising for the ubiquitous sponsor Balance Of Nature https://www.truthinadvertising.org/...nce-of-natures-coronavirus-claims-to-fda-ftc/
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Salem Media hosts in Balance Of Nature complaint to FTC, FDA
- Thread starter Lee Linwood
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Maybe it's ironic that it took Lee Linwood almost a month to post the article?
Am I missing something? It seems to me the 'copy' as interpreted by the hosts is that Balance of Nature is a nutrient that increases one's overall health. I cannot say that claim is verified fact but, for example, I take a multi-vitamin and try to get in some exercise to stay healthy and help my body defend itself from outside bacteria and viruses. I don't gather from the quotes seen in the article that the claim is Balance of Nature is a cure or can ward off Covid19. I gather they are saying it helps build your health whereby immunity is a part of that healthfulness. I'd say it is 'convenient' to say this at a time when a new-to-humans virus is laying havoc to people's health and the world's economic health. I'm not a Balance of Nature customer nor do I see myself ever being one...thinking eating fruits and veggies beats any alternative. I have heard some bad things about claims made by the company but from what I see, this article is grasping at straws to create something out of nothing. Perhaps it is writers like these that are the actual purveyors of fiction over truth.
The Salem hosts, who work for a company that wears its religiousness on its corporate sleeve, are lying to their listeners that a product that advertises on their shows can prevent, treat, and even cure numerous diseases, including Coronavirus, when it cannot do so. End of story.
Texas Superfood, too. The same people seemingly make the rounds recording rave testimonials for the products. Doesn’t everybody call up companies to anonymously record endorsements for their products? “I love my Apple iPad, and you will love it, too!” “I couldn’t live without Google. And, neither should you!”
It would seem if they're lying, I'd see quotes of the commercial copy in the article. I'm not seeing the product prevents or cures Covid19. The words don't say what you claim. I'm not seeing anything in what you posted that is worthy of going after them. I'm not trying to start a fight with you. I'm just reading the commercial words in the article and that's it. The article is well written but I'm just not seeing what you are seeing.
By the way, Salem is a radio company that found success with religious and conservative formats. They're in business to make money and religion has nothing to do with it.
By the way, Salem is a radio company that found success with religious and conservative formats. They're in business to make money and religion has nothing to do with it.
You have a problem with basic reading comprehension.
Since my reading comprehension is bad, please point out to me where the quotes from the article state Balance of Nature is a cure or prevention or treatment on Covid19...
...If you want to stay that little bit healthier, please join me in taking Balance of Nature.”
...if there’s a way that you could build up your immune system I’m going to tell you about it. The way I build up my immune system — I take Balance of Nature.”
“Remember, the best defense against any virus is your own immune system.”
...If you want to stay that little bit healthier, please join me in taking Balance of Nature.”
...if there’s a way that you could build up your immune system I’m going to tell you about it. The way I build up my immune system — I take Balance of Nature.”
“Remember, the best defense against any virus is your own immune system.”
The real fraud here is types like Gorka with his questionable credentials. Google him and you’ll see how well he fits into what has become of commercial talk radio.
The ad copy and pitchmen cited are nothing new for com-band talk either. Invariably, they appear on stations aimed at older, less educated listeners. Adding the mprimatur of religion and the willful suspension of reality that entails, gives these types a primed “mark”..
The company in-question has a history with regulatory agencies. One recent example:
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-com...s/evig-llc-dba-balance-nature-580888-08202019
The proprietor Douglas L. Howard apparently passes himself off as a “doctor”. This is in the fine tradition of “Dr” Carlton Fredricks –a pill-popping, chain-smoking fraud with no medical training, passed himself off as an MD for decades on WOR radio even after being ordered to stop doing so. He had a financial interest in some concoction titled “Mint Julep” which he instructed his listeners to take before bedtime. It consisted almost entirely of fructose thus hardy conducive to good sleep, but since his show aired at night, that’s when gramps was told to take it.
I could list others in that ‘tradition” as well, suffice-to-say commercial talk radio has a poor record of credibility when any truth seeker peers in at it.
LCG
The ad copy and pitchmen cited are nothing new for com-band talk either. Invariably, they appear on stations aimed at older, less educated listeners. Adding the mprimatur of religion and the willful suspension of reality that entails, gives these types a primed “mark”..
The company in-question has a history with regulatory agencies. One recent example:
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-com...s/evig-llc-dba-balance-nature-580888-08202019
The proprietor Douglas L. Howard apparently passes himself off as a “doctor”. This is in the fine tradition of “Dr” Carlton Fredricks –a pill-popping, chain-smoking fraud with no medical training, passed himself off as an MD for decades on WOR radio even after being ordered to stop doing so. He had a financial interest in some concoction titled “Mint Julep” which he instructed his listeners to take before bedtime. It consisted almost entirely of fructose thus hardy conducive to good sleep, but since his show aired at night, that’s when gramps was told to take it.
I could list others in that ‘tradition” as well, suffice-to-say commercial talk radio has a poor record of credibility when any truth seeker peers in at it.
LCG
Another well-known talk show host on WOR was “Dr.” Bernard Meltzer, a pioneer of call-in advice shows— His “doctorate“ was a mailorder degree in philosophy & economics from the unaccredited Columbia Pacific University in California.
Precisely why The Associated Press Stylebook says to avoid the honorific "Dr." for all but those with medical degrees, whether the person using the title holds a philosophy degree from Columbia Pacific or an education degree from Harvard. University presidents are the worst. They all want to be called "Dr." in news coverage. I try to see to it that they aren't.
Biden’s wife likes to self-identify, and be identified by others, as Dr. Biden, although she has a graduate degree in education. If you can’t write a prescription, you’re not a doctor, as far as I’m concerned.
Yep tell that to Dr. Gorka.
I have a PhD. I'm a Doctor ... Just not a Medical Doctor.
Exactly, and I'm sure you worked very hard for that degree. But to the general public, "Dr." before a person's name implies medical expertise. That's why AP insists on eliminating the title for people such as yourself.
Also, you don't need a doctorate, a master's or even a bachelor's degree to present yourself as an expert on broadcasting. There's no specific course of study needed, no licensing panels, no state or federal regulators. You can just get into the business at the entry level and acquire real-world expertise as you advance. You could go out and do lectures on broadcasting and, if you have sparkling career credentials and wide respect and renown among industry professionals, no one will be demanding to see your diploma or certificate.
Lawyers hold doctorates, too. Their degrees are necessary for them to be approved to practice just as physicians' and surgeons' degrees are. But when have you ever seen a lawyer called "Dr." or insist on being identified that way?
Also Doctors of Divinity.
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