This might be the worst sellout ever in primetime TV product placement.
From a recent episode of Hawaii Five-0:
Actually, that’s not product placement – that’s a friggin’ commercial.
And friggin’ insulting.
Not to mention the incessant Chevrolet flogging on the show.
Enough already, CBS!
John R. Carroll is media analyst for NPR's Here & Now and senior news analyst for WBUR in Boston. He also writes at Campaign Outsider and It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
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