Is this sinful?

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we hear people advertising products on tv and radio constantly.So often they will use a well known person to do the advertising.When a star(or anybody)tells you to buy this product because they used it and it worked wonders for them is this sinful?We all know(well most of us know)that the products which are pushed by some person has never been used by them and their just reading their script.To name just one Limbaugh is constantly telling his customers how good such and such a product is and he knows nothing about it in truth.is this morally wrong or sinful?
 
How do you know Limbaugh knows nothing about the products he pushes? Sounds like an assumption to me. Regardless, I doubt there is any sin involved when a celebrity (or anyone else) endorses a product unless they willfully and knowingly lie or mislead.
 
It is misleading, if it isn’t true. People don’t neccesarily see the commerce behind the practice… otherwise, it wouldn’t be worth doing it!
 
In our litigious society, when people will sue an advertiser at the drop of a lawyer’s business card (remember when McDonald’s was sued by someone alleging that their “Over One Billion Served” slogan mis-counted the number of burgers they’d actually sold?) – I would suspect that any celebrity endorser who appeared in ads would have actually been provided with, used, or otherwise could be proven to have some knowledge of the product they were flogging.
 
Krakatoa said:
How do you know Limbaugh knows nothing about the products he pushes? Sounds like an assumption to me. Regardless, I doubt there is any sin involved when a celebrity (or anyone else) endorses a product unless they willfully and knowingly lie or mislead.
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Ive listened to Limbaugh many times.do you really believe he’s tried or tested every product he’s advertised?But let’s pick another example.they have a muscular man working out on a piece of equipment and he says that in just thirty days you can have your washboard abs?Or a shapely girl says in just weeks you can lose 30pds.just like me.I could go on and on .I sure you know what I mean.There are 2 dozen diet remedies on the market all promising that you’ll lose 15pds in 20days or your money back.Ask any woman(most expecially any overweight woman )how many dieting remedies she tried and ask her how many helped her lose weight.I’ll bet most of them will tell you none of them helped much.
 
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It is misleading, if it isn’t true. People don’t neccesarily see the commerce behind the practice… otherwise, it wouldn’t be worth doing it!
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Is it sinful to advertise a product you’ve never tried but you tell the audience you have?And it worked for you.
 
But is it a sin to tell the public you,ve tried a product(which you actually haven’t)and say that it worked for you and you should buy it to?I know they are acting in a sense(many ads are silly and the people act silly and they are actors)but often times there are very serious ads which stars endorse a product which they’ve never tried.some people are very naive and may believe what they hear.
 
Tarpeian_Rock said:
In our litigious society, when people will sue an advertiser at the drop of a lawyer’s business card (remember when McDonald’s was sued by someone alleging that their “Over One Billion Served” slogan mis-counted the number of burgers they’d actually sold?) – I would suspect that any celebrity endorser who appeared in ads would have actually been provided with, used, or otherwise could be proven to have some knowledge of the product they were flogging.
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Your right.there are always ways to cover yourself.For instance:how can one prove this person never used a product he was endorsing?
 
valentino said:
Just curious.When wouldn’t it be sinful?
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I suppose if the actor saw it as harmless fun, or didn’t consider the dishonesty of it: I suppose an actor could see it as just another act, and not really consider the personal angle at all
 
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