On: The Atlantic posts sponsored Scientology story, mo...

[illuminate]

"they'll have to decide whether they want to be a trusted brand, or an interesting one."

With sponsored stories to improve the PR of totalitarian cults, they're going to end up neither.

[voltagex_ → illuminate]

Well, they just destroyed my trust in them. Granted, I'm just one person, but I hope I'm not the only one who feels this way.

[malandrew → voltagex_]

You most definitely are not. I'm disgusted as well by this. The concept of advertorials is reprehensible.

[voltagex_ → malandrew]

I'm not against advertorials but a "religious" ad in a supposed secular magazine? Yuck.