google.com — Savvy consumers often go online for consumer reviews of products & services: What some fail to realize is that such reviews can be tainted: Many bloggers have accepted perks such as free laptops, trips to Europe, $500 gift cards or even thousands of dollars for a 200-word post. The FTC is now paying attention & the agency may go after bloggers.
Jun 22, 2009 View in Crawl 4
praisethelardJun 22, 2009
It's like, people only do these things because they can get paid. And that's just really sad.
tractordriver88Jun 22, 2009
The extremist side of me says that people can say whatever they want, paid or unpaid but the consumerist side of me says that this is probably not completely bad.I think that this amendment was to prevent the Gov from going after it's citizens for publishing trash against Obama.
lilrabbitfoofooJun 22, 2009
Dear FTC,You *might* want to start you investigations with price-fixing and racketeering amongst...The Big 5 Studios, who don't *really* complete against each other since they share the same medium.The Cable Companies, who have local monopolies everywhere, making it impossible for each consumer to see any meaningful competition.The major telcos (same reason above) and cell phone companies, who just price-fixed SMS messages (which cost them precisely NOTHING to send or receive) to the same rates, again without any sense of competition.Etc. etc.All of these things affect everyday American consumers in tremendously negative ways, doing far more damage than a few bloggers getting free product. After all, magazines have been doing the same thing for DECADES and you haven't seen fit to look into *that*.Sincerely,The Royally Screwed American Consumers
dampealJun 22, 2009
I call BS on thousands of dollars for a review... I've been doing this for years, and have never seen thousands of dollars for ONE article or review..
ubermattmanJun 22, 2009
Dear Government,Stay out of the internet.Sincerely,Everyone who uses the internet
bennnyJun 23, 2009
does this mean MSNBC will also have to have a disclaimer since there parent company will make billions of dollars on any green energy bill or a health care bill that is to be passed. considering how they report the news
xskyk1dxJun 29, 2009
This is some serious garbage. We're already in a recession and some people are looking to the internet to make money. All of the sudden government organizations have to start shoving their noses into everything that citizens are trying to do to survive in these tough economic times. I swear some people need to be punched in the dick. Next thing you know they're gonna start telling me what I'm allowed to type in Microsoft Word.
decoy26517Oct 6, 2009
Sorry! Net neutrality says we can meddle in as much as we want. Sincerely,The government.
manateeDec 1, 2009
f**k the government.... burn in hell mother f**kers