Classy Move, Salon

I was intrigued when I found out that Anthony Bourdain was shooting an episode of his show “No Reservations” for the Travel Channel when bombs started falling on Beirut. So I was looking forward to reading his article about the experience. But in a fantastic display of shitergy, guess who was sponsoring the article on Salon? The Travel Channel! There’s even a link to the Travel Channel’s site for Bourdain and his show in the lede.

Targetting gone horribly awry or breach of the wall between editorial and advertising? I’ve got three to two on the latter. Wonder how Anthony feels about Salon and the Travel Channel teaming up to exploit his tale of time in a war zone so crassly.