Washington Bureau

Sick of the Ads Yet?

Woe be it to companies trying to sell products on the airwaves this week in a swing state.

I just flipped on the Today show in my hotel in Winston-Salem, N.C., where I'm covering the final week of the presidential race in this battleground state. This was the lineup for the last commercial break, in its entirety:

--An Obama ad
--A McCain ad
--An ad for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate
--An ad for the Republican gubernatorial candidate
--The SAME ad from the Democratic gubernatorial candidate
--An ad from the Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial candidate
--An ad from Sen. Elizabeth Dole

That's it. Just political ads. Is anyone paying any attention to these ads anymore?

And here's the last break:

--McCain ad
--State attorney general ad
--State treasurer ad
--Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., ad
--An anti-Dole ad

Another run of nothing but political ads. How will I know what to buy without helpful product ads? I pledge to go out and buy the next actual product advertised.

--Sean Mussenden
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