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highplainsdem

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10. John Scalzi post about this, linking to the Sun-Times' full response to this mess:

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2025, 05:17 PM

May 2025

It should have never happened, but the @chicago.suntimes.com response to this is pretty decent, including owning the fuck-up and working to make sure it doesn't happen again. That said, in 2025 there is no excuse for "advertorial" not being clearly marked.

chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2...
— John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) 2025-05-20T21:10:04.955Z

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