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[dixiehack]

Hey, it worked for Kazakhstan, which got a half-hour puff piece out of the deal.

http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/cnns-effusive-coverage-of-kazakhstan-is-quietly-sponsored-by-its-subject/260149/

 

[The Big Ragu]

 

[MacDaddy]

The only downside is it's on CNN so no one will actually see it.

 

[TrooperBari]

Hey, it worked for Kazakhstan, which got a half-hour puff piece out of the deal.

http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/cnns-effusive-coverage-of-kazakhstan-is-quietly-sponsored-by-its-subject/260149/

Seen a bunch of these in recent months. Kazakhstan, Georgia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia ... and the "special report" is almost always followed by a tourism ad for said country.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I like that instead of writing a thousand words, Ragu is just posting pics now.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

I like that instead of writing a thousand words, Ragu is just posting pics now.

Well, the exchange rate has stayed a lot more steady for that than gold.

 

[Greenhorn]

CNN did initially refer to it as Uzbekistan, however.