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Groupon Fails To Curry Favor With Americans, Tibetans or Chinese

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Groupon Fails To Curry Favor With Americans, Tibetans or Chinese
By Matteo Pistono Monday, February 8, 2011

Americans know the Chinese government is destroying Tibet’s Buddhist culture. And the American public likes a good deal when it comes to dining out.

Yesterday, during the Super Bowl, the online coupon dealer Groupon ran an advertisement stating exactly that.

Why did Groupon pay 3 million dollars to run a thirty second ad that combines the suffering of Tibetan Buddhists with a cheap meal?  Read More 
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Not knowing one end of a football field from the other — except when it comes to Auburn vs. Alabama — I don’t watch the Super Bowl. But the news-clip crawl across the top of my email account this morning made me  Read More 
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