Massage Parlor Ads in Washington Post

Washington Post columnist Deborah Powell takes on her own newspaper's advertising when she writes about the massage parlor ads run within, especially in the sports section. She notes that some of these parlors advertised in the WP were busted for sex trafficking rings.

From Sunday, August 27, "Time to Drop the Massage Parlor Ads":

The Post runs "massage parlor" advertising almost every day in the Sports section. The ads are small and discreet in content, but not always candid: The money for those ads doesn't come from masseuses trained in Swedish, shiatsu or deep-tissue massage. And men don't go there for back rubs.

Read the full column here.