Ethics In The Blogosphere

"Ethics and public relations in the blogosphere have taken a severe beating in 2006," writes webpronews.com reporter Jason Lee Miller in a December 27, 2006, post.

"Phony bloggers. Diggers paid to digg. Bloggers paid to post. It all culminates in the sketchiest move yet as bloggers begin receiving top-of-the-line laptops on their doorsteps, loaded with Windows Vista, courtesy of Microsoft, AMD and Edelman," Miller wrote, noting that "It may be a sign of what's to come."

To read the entire post, please see "Payola Becomes Blogola, Courtesy Of Microsoft."

A FEW RELATED POSTS

Edelman Has New Ethics Scandal Brewing With Microsoft's Blogger Bribe Campaign --- B.L. Ochman's Whats Nextblog.com, USA

I think the Microsoft Vista giveaway is an awesome idea --- Scobleizer, USA

Love Will Tear Us Apart: Microsoft Wants Its Laptops Back --- CrunchGear, USA

Now Microsoft Wants Its Laptop Back --- Marshall Kirkpatrick, USA

Microsoft sends Ferraris to bloggers --- Australian Personal Computer, Australia 

Microsoft Bribing Bloggers With Laptops --- Slashdot, USA -

Microsoft bodges Vista promo to bloggers --- Platinax, United Kingdom

Microsoft's recent PR stunt --- Blogging Stocks, USA

The Acer Ferrari discussion ---  Geekzone, New Zealand 

AMD and Microsoft gave out a bunch of free computers --- HardwareGeeks.com