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30th June 2007 - Link Blog

Does negative press make you Sicko? (via) Google’s Health Advertising Blog encourages the healthcare industry to buy ads against Sicko as part of an “issue management campaign” to help “educate” the public. Creepy.

Posted 30th June 2007 at 6 pm

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