GM votes itself off the island

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Stretching corporate America’s credibility gap even further than it already is, General Motors had this explanation yesterday for why it has ended its sponsorship with CBS’ Survivor: According to this UPI story, it’s because it is “too difficult to try and integrate an automobile into a program that’s set on an island”—not that this season’s format pits tribes of different races against each other, an idea that has proven to be just a tad controversial.

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