Salon: still pimping products
Well, the second installment of Salon's pimp-a-thon is out, and, just like the first, it's a swan-song to a conveniently purchaseable product, complete with product links. Again, I would like to register my discomfort with Salon's new role as product pimp.
posted by AmyN @ 5/25/2005 10:17:00 AM
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4 Comments:
I agree. And, not trying to be self-righteous or too much of a tree-hugging hippy, disposable products come at a cost to the environment.
Maybe they just need the money. If they need to write advertorials (I hope they are getting paid for this) about useful gadgets to keep the independent news coming, I say, so be it. I'm not thrilled about it, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I doubt web banners on Salon reap nearly as much they do on other well-established online news entities.
I'm assuming the reason behind these fluff pieces is the money, like slipping in product promos on reality tv. If it's not the money, then I'm at a loss.
Maybe they could disclose that.
I hope they're not being paid for it. Advertorials compromise a publication's integrity far more than advertisements do. Also, not disclosing such a relationship would be a serious breach of ethics.
Object Lust is not an advertorial; Salon is not being paid by the companies we write about.
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