Maybe you didn’t take MTV News too seriously to begin with, but if you did you might want to reconsider. BrandChannel started noticing that MTV News was posting articles about FreeCreditScore.com’s contest for a new sellout band for its TV spots. (This is the same company as FreeCreditReport.com; both charge for their services and generally suck.) The problem with the paid MTV sponsorship is that it’s not disclosing that the “news stories” are just advertorials.

Remember, the only place you can get a free credit report is from the government-mandated annualcreditreport.com.

“MTV Quietly Plugs FreeCreditScore.com” [BrandChannel] (Thanks to Abram!)

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