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From: jamcmullan@wateng.UUCP (Judy McMullan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: _Ms._ Magazine Advertisements
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 17:04:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 17:04:30 1984
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Ms. magazine does, indeed, have advertising that does not go very well with
their editorial policy. The last time we had this discussion in net.women, I
dug out my copy of the issue that had the editorial response to this question.
I still haven't unpacked from moving last September, so I'm not going to get
the text again. As I recall, the editors said, Yes they DID have such ads but
(as Mary Ann Zeszutko pointed out) they were different than other magazines in
that they didn't support the ads with their articles. Most other magazines
will not have articles contradicting the ads (Ms. does and sometimes in the
same issue) and many have supporting articles for the ads (eg. an article
about makeup techniques).
It would be nice if Ms. did not accept this type of advertising (would only
the liquor and car ads be left??). I still like the magazine, though.

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