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What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Florida.
I have been a freelance TV and Voiceover talent for the past ten years, and I have experienced a first for me. Here's the story:
Over a year ago, I hosted a TV Credit Infomercial for an Auto Dealer in the market where I live. The infomercial has been running for the past year constantly. One week ago I was watching one of the local network affiliate stations - and I see a promo for the 11 PM news with my face full screen. The news anchor asks the question: "Is a local car dealer lying to you to get your business?" This promo ran for approximately 24 hours, every hour, with my face on it. The story was one of those investigative pieces, where the reporter ambushes the dealer to dispute the infomercial. It seems as though a person who was driving a 20 year old, rusted out car, attempted to buy a new car, only to find out that they couldn't because of their credit. So. they complained to the TV station... Of course the TV station was a little biased towards the woman - but the bottom line is this: The state Attorney General didn't fine anyone concerning the infomercial, they just said that it needed to be disclaimed better. What bothers me most is this: This station ran this story with my face all over it, a very negative story at that, and this is how I make my living. I have always been very careful when it comes to what I do in TV. After the story aired, and it was decided that nothing was wrong with the infomercial, the station never aired anything to say that they could have been wrong on this... I'm just worried that this may damage future on-camera work for me! This is how I make my living! Any thoughts?
Thanks,
CBPRO
I have been a freelance TV and Voiceover talent for the past ten years, and I have experienced a first for me. Here's the story:
Over a year ago, I hosted a TV Credit Infomercial for an Auto Dealer in the market where I live. The infomercial has been running for the past year constantly. One week ago I was watching one of the local network affiliate stations - and I see a promo for the 11 PM news with my face full screen. The news anchor asks the question: "Is a local car dealer lying to you to get your business?" This promo ran for approximately 24 hours, every hour, with my face on it. The story was one of those investigative pieces, where the reporter ambushes the dealer to dispute the infomercial. It seems as though a person who was driving a 20 year old, rusted out car, attempted to buy a new car, only to find out that they couldn't because of their credit. So. they complained to the TV station... Of course the TV station was a little biased towards the woman - but the bottom line is this: The state Attorney General didn't fine anyone concerning the infomercial, they just said that it needed to be disclaimed better. What bothers me most is this: This station ran this story with my face all over it, a very negative story at that, and this is how I make my living. I have always been very careful when it comes to what I do in TV. After the story aired, and it was decided that nothing was wrong with the infomercial, the station never aired anything to say that they could have been wrong on this... I'm just worried that this may damage future on-camera work for me! This is how I make my living! Any thoughts?
Thanks,
CBPRO