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tpowell on Jan 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Atlantic posts sponsored Scientology story, mo...

This is TERRIBLE. I really like The Atlantic, but this is one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen.

An ExxonMobile/BP ad or something would draw ire, but this feels like a wholesale sellout of their credibility, not to mention sanity.

brown9-2 on Jan 15, 2013 [–]

Maybe this is just a brilliant move by someone at The Atlantic who wanted to demonstrate how bad of an idea sponsored content can be?

MartinCron on Jan 15, 2013 | [–]

I wouldn't burn down my house to demonstrate how dangerous it is to store kerosene in the garage.

cskau on Jan 15, 2013 | | [–]

But would you burn down your office?

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