Ouch heres a c-net story on he same topic: http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6169002.html
That one touches on the possible differences between being a blogger, a journalist, an actor/entertainer. Also features quotes from Amanda that seem to suggest that new media is all about breaking rules. Still it sure does seem like people are taking issue with it because of Amandas ABC work, so I dont know if someone without mainstream news affiliation would come under the same scrutiny. So this situation may not be comparable for the sorts of regulatory issues that the network2 petition is designed to prevent, as it involves a traditonal broadcaster. Still if its more of an issue if ABC does it, what does that say about the perceived credibility of blog journalists, why doesnt it matter so much if they do ads? And where are the people who used to talk about preserving the integrity of the blogosphere, are they still out there blogging about this stuff? Meanwhile all of these questions as applied to advertising and integrity on the net, could also be raised when it comes to political videos, funding for them etc. So that would be another reason why some might be interested in legislating some rules about video on the net. Great timing to have these 2 things happening at the same time, yet to see how many people really care about this stuff though, until it affects them. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh it seems that the Amanda Congdon DuPont adverts has caused some to > start ranting about the sorts of advertising issues the EU draft > legislation proposes to cover in our part of the world. > > http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/03/abcs-rocketboomer-powered-by-dupont.php > > So there seems to be a situation where Amanda is allowed to do > corporate ad work wheras other ABC staff arent allowed to do that sort > of thing in case it calls ABC's impartiality into question? > > As for the actual adverts, hard har they are a modern equivalent of > those corporate public info films from the middle of last century that > can be found in the prelinger archive. And DuPont is an easy > corporation for critics to attack from multiple angles, so I doubt > she's going to get a particularily easy ride in the blogosphere over > this one. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <steve@> wrote: > > > > Amanda Congdon is now in various DuPont adverts on the internets, at > > least I know they are adverts, I dont want to live in a future world > > where its impossible to know whats an advert and whats a show. Still > > as an Englishman Im not too sure of my own stance here so maybe I > > stand even less chance of any citizens of the USA joining me if any of > > that stuff about the free market and deregulation that gets spouted > > over there is actually believed by the multitude and not just the few > > with access to the traditonal quack amplifier. Lets see if at least 27 > > years of loud 'big government is evil' rhetoric will enable > > sadvertisers to get away with more in a deregulated wonderworld of the > > future. I hear theres a flat tax in Iraq now, wooo lucky Iraqi's, not. > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve Elbows > > >
