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Old May 21st, 2007, 02:12 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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Default in-flight American Airlines News is Advertorial, AKA Fake News

On May 19, 2:56 pm, Miguel Cruz wrote:
Elvey wrote:
The "America's Innovators and Entrepreneurs" talk radio show on
American Airlines is a paid Advertorial disguised as news - a VNR
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNR), IMO.


Every show like that is the same way. I sort of thought everyone knew
that.



I always presumed it was part of a larger package of cooperation,
not just a pay per appearance kind of deal.