Ron, that does happen, the public ridicule thing to bloggers going one toke over the line. One of the Parental bloggers got ripped a new one when it was discovered that she was on the take and did not disclose her paid affiliations.
People do talk. http://www.responsibilityproject.com/blogher/ http://www.responsibilityproject.com/blogher_mmr/ I'm not disagreeing with you; there is a great deal of hypocrisy about going after bloggers before you go after news and entertainment programs. Product placement has gone berserk. Sponsorship of "news segments" as well. There are practices and regulations on the books about what you described. If they are not enforced for major media corporation then what is everybody getting so worked up about? There will be token bloggers snagged and then it will hit the vapors. This is an extension of what has been applied to traditional media. Ideally they will target corporate blogs masquerading as personal blogs and vlogs. Or not. I'm not defending the new regulations but I do know why it came into being. Because blogging is now recognized as an important communications medium. I guess I'm seeing beyond the regulations and looking at the larger message. Blogging is important. Blogging has not gone away; it is not a fad. The Feds have to be thinking "What do we do about that? Should we do anything? If we make X require this why not bloggers/vloggers?" The playing field is changing. So are the rules of engagement. P.S. Don't get me started on GE and its ties to health care/insurance. ;-) Gena http://createvideonotebook.blogspot.com/ http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com/ --- In [email protected], Ron Watson <k9d...@...> wrote: > > Well then. > > I'd like to see disclosure on the Today Show when one of NBC's > musicians performs, or when a movie comes out that they review that > was produced by a GE subsidiary. > > I'd like to see disclosure on large clients of GE, or reporting on > investments of GE Finance on CNBC. > > I'd like to see disclosure on Pentagon PR hacks doing their daily > rounds on the Sunday shows. > > Disclosure of ADM as an advertiser on stories about GM foods from > every network. > > Ad nauseam. > > This whole thing is a joke, IMHO. > > The Nestle thing in someone or another's blog post is exactly how > Bloggers and their undisclosed corporate sponsors should be handled - > ridicule and peer/public review. > > Peace, > Ron Watson > http://k9disc.blip.tv > http://k9disc.com > http://discdogradio.com > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > > On Oct 7, 2009, at 7:11 PM, compumavengal wrote: > > > There are some bloggers on the other side of the fence, a few > > (small, minority) Parental bloggers have been shaking down PR folks > > for goodies, perks and pay for play. > > > > There have been raging debates about providing disclosure; i.e. > > tell your visitors you are receiving compensation. Inform visitors > > that the review, product or trip was given to you with expectations. > > > > Some have questioned why they need to do this. They feel it doesn't > > matter that they get stuff free or have streams of $10 to $50 > > coming their way. Ethics is not their concern, getting money and > > free stuff across the door and keeping their visitors. The money > > has priority with them. > > > > Some of the Parental bloggers are chalking the whole thing up to > > jealousy and interfering with their business interests. > > > > Special shout out to base level Internet marketers using blogs to > > sell their crap. Yeah, I want the FTC to visit some of those > > bastards. Not the ethical ones, just the scumbags. > > > > Many bloggers, myself included, want to know if you are on the > > take. Tell me upfront and I can make the decision to stick around, > > trust or take with a grain of salt. > > > > Don't do that and I find out you have been sucking at the PR/ > > Advertising tap and I will be disappointed. > > > > The same way I was when the Washington Post tried to sell their > > journalists for cash for that elite party of DC's finest, magazine > > advertorials labeled in 1pt type and a whole host of video pr news > > releases that are masked as news on local television stations. > > > > If you have a commercial blog you have responsibilities. This is > > one of them. > > > > Gena > > > > --- In [email protected], Markus Sandy > > <markus.sandy@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Oct 6, 2009, at 3:38 AM, elbowsofdeath wrote: > > > > > > > I have not yet had time to read the full arguments of those who > > are > > > > against this, though I start from the position of viewing their > > > > stance with quite some skepticism. > > > > > > > > > I think the handwriting on the wall is pretty clear: > > > > > > Make blogging something for only insured and licensed professionals > > > under the guise of protecting people. > > > > > > markus > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
