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Southern Company is promoting “propaganda” disguised as research | The utility is laundering strategic messaging about the energy transition through a partnership with The Atlantic's marketing team. (www.exxonknews.org)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm really not one to defend companies, but this is a bit of a weird take, and it makes the author sound really unfamiliar with this business sector. White papers are very common and not peer reviewed, basically they're a glorified memo with statistics. Don't rely on white papers for any information besides what that company is saying about itself and its experience.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For sure...but it's being run as an ad, and people are absolutely awful at telling the difference between this kind of ad and editorial content, even when it's plainly labeled.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So is the critique for Southern Company for writing some marketing material, or for The Atlantic for running an ad about it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For the Atlantic for being willing to run it in a format that confuses readers, the Public Utilities Commissions in the states where the Southern Company operates for letting the Southern Company do this kind of thing with ratepayer money, and the Southern Company itself for trying to mislead people.