Comments on: Sunday odds & ends…Honolulu Weekly editor hits ‘Tiser “propaganda”, why UH didn’t publish the Dunham dissertation, and a talkative duck

By: stupidity

stupidity — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:49:38 +0000

I didn’t see the spadea, did it bear the “paid advertisement” label? Advertising copy has masqueraded as legitimate news copy for ages, in all kinds of print media, from single “story” ads to full advertising sections. But as long as it was labeled as advertising, it’s been considered okay.

By: Plugvertiser

Plugvertiser — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:11:14 +0000

Unacknowledged advertorials are bad enough. But treating the delicate subject of statehood as just another excuse to sell advertising sponsorship for a wrapper, and producing an example so, ahem, incomplete, is amazingly crass, even for the Advertiser. They need to rethink many things over there, but you’re right, they probably won’t. Ignorance, opportunism and an embarrassing lack of managerial integrity reign.

By: stagnant

stagnant — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:58:04 +0000

that makes a lot of sense! now you need to carry duck treats with you as well.