Official article title: Is this an ad? Yes, and your taxes paid for it

I altered the title to more accurately represent the article’s thesis statement.   Archive/non-paywall link

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I am ideologically opposed to this form of advertising.

Commercial enterprises can do what they want but I don’t think it’s at all appropriate for a public institution.

This stinks.

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Ahh cool, nice use of tax payers money sending struggling entertainer Hamish Blake on a holiday…

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