Comments on: Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in Its Public Relations Campaign

By: just me

just me — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:31:21 +0000

Not sure what the big deal is, as long as a blogger indicates the source (and bloggers are often far more meticulous about this than the MSM) it isn't a big deal.

By: LJD

LJD — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:55:54 +0000

Was Ken working for WalMArt when he unveiled his brilliant uniform policy for the armed services?

By: PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts

PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:39:44 +0000

Bloggers and the MSM...

There is something rather disingenuous about the following NYT piece: Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in P.R. Campaign.
What I find problematic is that it suggests that the print and broadcast media never, ever use press releases to write their stories an...

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:40:43 +0000

I was one of the bloggers who got emails from Manson, but I wasn't interviewed by the Times. I suppose I could have ignored the whole thing and never disclosed that I had gotten the emails, but I did. I just don't see it as a big deal. As was pointed out, bloggers get emails like this all the time. Manson was a little more formal about it (he asked me if I'd mind if he sent them to me first) than most people are who just start sending the emails. And if you look at the emails Manson sent (I posted a PDF with a copy of every email I got from him and sent to him) they're really nothing but links to news stories from across the country. There is hardly anything sinister about a PR person emailing you a link to a news story about their company and saying, essentially, "you might want to blog about this."

By: Below The Beltway

Below The Beltway — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:45:01 +0000

Wal-Mart, Blogging, And Public Relations...

The blogosphere is abuzz this morning over a re ......

By: The Hotline's Blogometer

The Hotline's Blogometer — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

writes a story stimulated or influence by a PR flack, it's supposed to be disclosed? Of course not -- so what's different in this case -- that it's Wal-Mart (the evil Wal-Mart!) or that it's bloggers?" [IMG]James Joyner is annoyed that although the Times links to Instapundit in the online version, it doesn't link to the post being criticized: "Who the hell is Brian Pickrell? What blog does he write? Where’s the link to those posts? (Twenty-one paragraphs into the

By: prlinker

prlinker — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

and even advises bloggers to be open. No, The Times is merely reporting how PR works. Only the object of this PR is the public, not the press. And some of these people, these bloggers, aren’t as slick as reporters in knowing how to deal with this."OutsideTheBeltway: "So, there you have it folks. Wal-Mart’s PR firm does PR for Wal-Mart, including sending press releases to people who might write stories about Wal-Mart. Sometimes, those people either use the information to do their own research or, in the case of

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» Gone Hollywood — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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By: QandO - Free Markets, Free People

QandO - Free Markets, Free People — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Ok, grant that copy/paste repitition of somebody elses work is bad form, but is this information compromised by having come via a Wal-Mart flack? Are we to believe that Union flacks don’t feed information to anti-WalMart bloggers? AsJames Joyner notes, this is not really all that different from the way newspapers operate. Many stories come about as a result of the reporter being fed information by an interested observer, sent press releases or tipped to new polls. In fact, one wonders how NYTimes