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From The "Is Nothing Sacred" Department

It seems the statute of limitations has run out on 9/11 being sacrosanct for promotional tie-ins. Companies are getting into the spirit, yes, but with questionable taste. AT&T used 9/11 memorial images on Twitter to tout its phones. One egregious golf course offered a $9.11 special. At the jump some examples: Pretzel Crisps using an Instagram image of a flag made of bags of its Pretzel Crisps. The company, like AT&T, put out a mea culpa.

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