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'Best' Fake Blog of 2006 Awarded

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-i-want-for-xmas-is-no-corporate-shills dept.

schwaang writes "Advertising is an integral part of the Web, and its revenues make the likes of Google possible for all of us. But when PR firms promote products by pretending to be real bloggers, some think it crosses the line into unethical 'astroturf'. The Consumerist held a contest for best 'Flog' of 2006. And the winner is... Sony for it's fake all-I-want-for-Xmas PSP blog (which Slashdot readers will no doubt remember). Runners up included Walmart and McDonald's. And the award itself? Well, it's something you might find on on a fake lawn."

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  1. SP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Second post!

  2. Zunies by Divebus · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought for sure the Zunies would get the golden poop award.

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  3. beaten in 4 posts. damn. by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm like, You know what? It's PR. It's marketing. It's the battle for public opinion. Everybody else who gets in trouble like this, like Martha and Quattrone, first thing they do is clam up. And all it does is make things worse. It makes them look guilty. And I'm not guilty. So I'm not going to apologize. And I'm not gonna shut up. Honestly. I'm blogging, and they can eat my friggin shorts. They think they're gonna push me around? I'm friggin Steve Jobs!

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  4. Re:Is Slashdot still here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Michael? Is that you?

  5. Ettiquette by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm friggin Steve Jobs!
    A handshake is considered more traditional in a business context.
    1. Re:Ettiquette by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 3, Funny

      Now he sells white boxes to freaks.

  6. All time greatest... by svunt · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...has to be the livejournal of the Illmatic, North Korean president Kim Jong-Il.

  7. Roland Piquepaille? by fabu10u$ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um, hello ...

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