In looking through today’s Bulletin, I came across this tragic headline:

I read the article, which again was quite tragic, but was quickly followed up with this full page ad on the very next page, offering some comic relief.

The ad is actually touting the quality of Norwegian chairs, which, at this point in time, seems a hell of a lot more appealing than a Norwegian cruise.

This article appears in Sep 15-21, 2011.

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Today in Unfortunate Ad Placement

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 16, 2011

<h1>Today in Unfortunate Ad Placement</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 16, 2011</p> <p>In looking through today's <em>Bulletin</em>, I came across this tragic headline:</p> </p> <p>I read the article, which again was quite tragic, but was quickly followed up with this full page ad on the <strong>very next page</strong>, offering some comic relief.</p> </p> <p>The ad is actually touting the quality of Norwegian chairs, which, at this point in time, seems a hell of a lot more appealing than a Norwegian cruise.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/today-in-unfortunate-ad-placement-2139106/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15330&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/today-in-unfortunate-ad-placement-2139106/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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