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Blaming media remains a cop-out

Shooting the messenger is certainly not a new concept. Sophocles wrote about it in 442 B.C. in his play “Antigone.” Shakespeare wrote about it in “Henry IV, Part II” in 1598. The idea is still alive and well today. Joe the Plumber has blamed the media for painting him as “a fool” since his emergence […]

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Big Brother turns his eye to bloggers

There he goes again. Big Brother has proposed new endorsement guidelines, some of which are aimed at bloggers who review or promote products or services. The Federal Trade Commission guidelines would allow the government to go after bloggers it believes make false claims or fail to disclose conflicts of interest. Is that a good idea: […]

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Big Brother turns his eye to bloggers

There he goes again. Big Brother has proposed new endorsement guidelines, some of which are aimed at bloggers who review or promote products or services. The Federal Trade Commission guidelines would allow the government to go after bloggers it believes make false claims or fail to disclose conflicts of interest. Is that a good idea: […]

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