None of it clarified the article’s origins, but it did begin a conversation about an online news environment where advertising and editorial content sometimes swirl together, and powerful corporations pay big to bolster their brands. At one point, the post was apparently republished with the byline of an author who said she had nothing to do with it. “Our team understood this story was purely editorial, but there was a misunderstanding,” the Facebook statement said. In a statement to The Post, Condé Nast, which owns Teen Vogue, apologized for the maelstrom but did not elaborate or answer specific questions about the article’s inception and whether it had been a latent advertisement. ADAD(All sponsored content that runs in The Post is labeled as an advertisement and includes the name of the advertiser.

Source: Washington Post January 09, 2020 00:47 UTC