Editor's Note: Political Ads on The Kitchn?!$#%@&

Dear Readers,

Today is a very hot day for political ads everywhere, and we are seeing a lot of groups trying to place them through our Google Ad Network, which is self service. While we respect the political viewpoints of others and have our own, we do not believe in supporting political ads on our sites, and have been working hard to keep up with the Google ad buys and block those that are political in any way...

We have not been 100% successful, so you may have seen and may still see some political ads, particularly in California and in other hotbed states. This does not mean that we are supporting them, or even know about them yet. We are continuing to monitor our Google account and thanks for all your emails alerting us to the fact.

Best, Maxwell

Comments (4)

Thanks for this. I am SICK and tired of all these agressive popup ads on legitimate websites. That Yes on 8 pull out ad on the LA Times page is killing me.

posted by chusmabilly on November 3rd 2008 at 11:39am
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Thanks for clearing this up. I saw the "yes on 8" ad earlier and was kind of baffled.....

posted by kari-anne on November 3rd 2008 at 11:41am
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The "YES ON 8" ads are enough to keep me from this site for awhile....

posted by KrapArtist on November 3rd 2008 at 11:46am
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Maxwell, try this: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/19/20323/725/809/635843

posted by Kathryn Hill on November 3rd 2008 at 12:00pm
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