@cazzie “Just a real reflection of what the hell is going on, which I /think/ was your original point,” that wasn’t my point
In the newspapers they have ads that look like articles. They have the title “ADVERTISEMENT” as a on top. If someohow one day that title got omitted for whatever reason, they would be in trouble. If I call the newspaper and some person from the newspaper tells me that they did it for satire:))) I should say “Oh! I am sorry I beg your pardon!”
Product Placement is advertisement, it is just not during the time for the commercials. The public is supposed to be notified that money exchanged hands.
Your last post about 60 min. and 20 /20 etc. dumbing themselves down is not about Product Placement.