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June 11, 2005

design*sponge questioned

I've had to re-edit my entry on design*sponge, which is a rather nice site giving a daily dose of cool new consumer products. Then last week two people wrote to me explaining that Grace Bonney, aka design*sponge is a bit more than meets the eye. In a New York Times article (Hot off the Web: Gossip and Guidance, January 27, 2005) she acknowledged to them that she works for a PR firm and sometimes writes on her blog about client products without disclosing she's paid to promote them.

Now that I know it's really a catalog, I still enjoy it, but like a lot of things in modern times, I no longer really trust it.

Why don't more people understand that the freedom to trust is one of our most important freedoms?

Posted by dmzach

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