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[-] Elephant0991@lemmy.bleh.au 50 points 10 months ago

Spokespeople for NCTA and pharmaceutical company Gilead said that they immediately paused their ad spending on X after CNN flagged their ads on the pro-Nazi account.

Alt-speak: we only care if the media report that our ad placements were next to questionable contents.

[-] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago

lmao at the fact that even a company named GILEAD doesn't want anything to do with Musk trying to kickstart a handmaid's tale

[-] plain_and_simply@feddit.uk 10 points 10 months ago

Gives them airtime. I wouldn't have heard of them if not for this.

[-] CeleryFC@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

You’ve never heard of Gilead? They’re a massive biopharma company…

[-] bermuda@beehaw.org 23 points 10 months ago

Not everybody is a member of the biopharma fandom

[-] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

I'm in the UK, I get whatever brand the chemist gives me for a flat fee.

[-] plain_and_simply@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

In the UK, NHS issues me the prescriptions. I don't l{ok at brands

[-] liv@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I've never heard of them either.

[-] bermuda@beehaw.org 9 points 10 months ago
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