9/11-Like UK Bomb Plot Thwarted, 9/11 Oliver Stone Movie Promoted

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While we don’t know for certain if this ad was served using contextual technology, Animal’s Bucky Turco informs us of an odd ad placement for the upcoming Oliver Stone movie, World Trade Center. It appeared smack in the middle of a Yahoo story about the thwarting of a major UK aircraft bomb plot. Not to belittle the freakishly horrific nightmare this could have become, we still feel it’s our duty to point out contextual fuckery at its finest.

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