Groupon Two-Faced About Trump
Pitches casino deal even as it withdraws ads from Apprentice site
Groupon vowed to stop advertising on The Apprentice in an effort to distance itself from the show's controversial host—so why is it running a deal for a one-night stay at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City?
On Thursday, after receiving numerous complaints from customers who saw a Groupon ad on the website of The Apprentice, Donald Trump’s NBC series, reports surfaced that the the daily deals site would stop sponsoring the show.
Groupon responded with a blog post saying that it had never been a sponsor—those ads were put on The Apprentice's site by an advertising network that Groupon uses.
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