By Carly Rothman/The Star-Ledger

It was an embarrassing nugget in the news this week: McDonald’s own employee website seemed to be advising employees to steer clear of the chain’s own fast food.

Now, tired of defending the McResource line against this and other criticism, the company has yanked it, the Wall Street Journal reports. The site was operated by a third-party vendor.

“Unfortunately, as you may have seen in the news over the past few days and weeks, a number of stories have scrutinized some content and advice found on the well-intended website. Given that the content has been taken out of context and that we are unable to screen and approve all content posted on the site, we decided to remove it from our suite of resources,” read a memo reviewed and quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

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