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http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/oct05/good101005.php
An extended advert dressed up as editorial, there. Not that this is rare - the media is filled with similar articles giving the latest "interesting" survey on something or other.
Is there any possible chance that newspapers and websites could actually decide to have some integrity and not collude with it?
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- By John Hoare
- Posted on Thursday, October 13 2005 @ 12:57 am
- Categorised in Net
- 3 comments
Fucking hell, I didn't know this story was so widespread.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4326070.stm
The *BBC* are doing this? That's just shocking.
By John Hoare
October 13, 2005 @ 7:38 am
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PC Plus took some action against Zen Internet a few years ago - they had the inside front cover and page 1 to advertise on. Unfortunately they were going to be late with the copy, so Future Publishing let them send it direct to the printers. They sent an exact replica of a PC Plus review page, with "Advertising Feature" at the top.
I can't remember what action was taken, but Future were not happy...
By Kirk
October 13, 2005 @ 2:20 pm
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I like the way the headline and first paragraph of the Chortle story mention a poll about sitcoms, and the poll itself features HIGNFY, Morecambe and Wise and The Two Ronnies.
By IanIanSymes
October 13, 2005 @ 3:53 pm
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