PR Bloggers Missing in Action on Payola Scandal?

by Sheldon Rampton — January 22, 2005 - 12:39am
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"For PR bloggers especially," writes Jay Rosen, the Armstrong Williams cash-for-commentary scandal "was a moment for them to shine and for the most part they did not show up." The story of Williams and his $240,000 deal with the Ketchum PR firm has been "nearly invisible to PR bloggers, who, aside from a few mentions here and there, have neglected this juicy and far-reaching story."

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PressThink, January 19, 2005

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Wetting my beak?

Submitted by esp on January 24, 2005 - 7:08pm.
Never mind that -- how do I sign up to get some of that money for advocacy? I've offered my services, but so far have no takers. I can be a shill too! -- esp

PR Bloggers and Armstrong Williams Payola

Submitted by ewastud on January 23, 2005 - 8:31pm.
I don't frequent blogs so much as politically left/progressive news-type websites like democrats.com, bradblog.com, and BuzzFlash.com, and these sites feature this scandal VERY prominently. I have written to my congressional representatives about it and to news website columnists like the New York Times and made a very big deal about it myself. I suspect the scandal may be the just the tip of an enormous viceberg. How many other journalists are secretly on the public payroll -- Robert Novak? The Swift Boat Liars on Kerry? This is perhaps but an expansion and a continuation of the Operation Mockingbird scandal documented on this website.

Better research maybe?

Submitted by MarcSnyder on January 23, 2005 - 9:50am.
If you read through Professor Rosen's comments, you'd see that there are many more than just "a few mentions here and there."