When advertising overrides editorial
An absolute shocker by the Age this morning, as highlighted on twitter by Virginia Murdoch, @virginia. Nobody saw the problem with that ad and today’s front page? Someone from Fairfax deserves a severe bollocking over this. Hopefully part of the latest ‘transformation plan’ at Fairfax includes remembering that news should always over-ride advertising. Update: The […]
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An absolute shocker by the Age this morning, as highlighted on twitter by Virginia Murdoch, @virginia.
Nobody saw the problem with that ad and today’s front page? Someone from Fairfax deserves a severe bollocking over this. Hopefully part of the latest ‘transformation plan’ at Fairfax includes remembering that news should always over-ride advertising.
Update: The ad in question is a half page wrap. Apologies to anyone who was confused.
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