Comments on: FTC trains government focus on … bloggers http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Wed, 30 May 2012 05:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: A Screamingly Effective Blog Disclosure Policy: How (and Why) To Get One | "Blogging Is Just a New Way of Life" http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-2/#comment-3130758 A Screamingly Effective Blog Disclosure Policy: How (and Why) To Get One | "Blogging Is Just a New Way of Life" Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:24:44 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-3130758 [...] the mechanics of a blog disclosure policy. Once it is gassed up and motoring, it looks like this. Or this, this, and this, [...] [...] the mechanics of a blog disclosure policy. Once it is gassed up and motoring, it looks like this. Or this, this, and this, [...]

]]> By: A Screamingly Effective Blog Disclosure Policy: How (and Why) To Get One http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-2/#comment-3069716 A Screamingly Effective Blog Disclosure Policy: How (and Why) To Get One Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:25:14 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-3069716 [...] the mechanics of a blog disclosure policy. Once it is gassed up and motoring, it looks like this. Or this, this, and this, [...] [...] the mechanics of a blog disclosure policy. Once it is gassed up and motoring, it looks like this. Or this, this, and this, [...]

]]> By: Much a’Do… « Shadow-war http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-2/#comment-2801969 Much a’Do… « Shadow-war Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:56:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2801969 [...] to bloggers and how swag is compensation. You’ve probably already browsed through some initial reactions. One blogger even did some investigative type follow-up research (essentially, I just [...] [...] to bloggers and how swag is compensation. You’ve probably already browsed through some initial reactions. One blogger even did some investigative type follow-up research (essentially, I just [...]

]]> By: MSGTAS http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2801535 MSGTAS Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:25:52 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2801535 The next invasive requirement from the FTC will be to examine your excrement and urine to determine exactly what you have consumed and how much. When this occurs, we will know for sure that the government does not have your well-being in mind. The next invasive requirement from the FTC will be to examine your excrement and urine to determine exactly what you have consumed and how much. When this occurs, we will know for sure that the government does not have your well-being in mind.

]]> By: About the New FTC Disclosure Rule : The Pink Flamingo http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2801214 About the New FTC Disclosure Rule : The Pink Flamingo Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:06:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2801214 [...] who is complaining, and blogging about the new ruling.  Check Memeroandum.  With the exception of Hot Air and the WSJ, those making the biggest deal about the ruling are from the left.  Interesting [...] [...] who is complaining, and blogging about the new ruling.  Check Memeroandum.  With the exception of Hot Air and the WSJ, those making the biggest deal about the ruling are from the left.  Interesting [...]

]]> By: Christian Conservative http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2800841 Christian Conservative Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:13:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2800841 So will the counter tea-party union members have to tell us that they are getting paid by ACORN or the white house to be there? How about the doctors in white coats that endorsed the president today? Do they have to disclose that he's paying off their AMA? So will the counter tea-party union members have to tell us that they are getting paid by ACORN or the white house to be there? How about the doctors in white coats that endorsed the president today? Do they have to disclose that he’s paying off their AMA?

]]> By: WWCathodeRay http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2800740 WWCathodeRay Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:34:41 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2800740 I like Dell computers, GM cars, and Shiner Bock beer. Oh, and I'm having a garage sale in two weeks that will have a box of recalled toys that we are giving away with each purchase. (Gotta get those toys outta the house before the regulators get organized.) BTW, my name's not really Cathode... I like Dell computers, GM cars, and Shiner Bock beer. Oh, and I’m having a garage sale in two weeks that will have a box of recalled toys that we are giving away with each purchase. (Gotta get those toys outta the house before the regulators get organized.)

BTW, my name’s not really Cathode…

]]> By: Rbastid http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2800718 Rbastid Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:28:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2800718 The Bush Whitehouse tapped phone calls to try to protect the public. The Obama Whitehouse is going to start doing it to make sure you don't say anything mean about him. The Bush Whitehouse tapped phone calls to try to protect the public.

The Obama Whitehouse is going to start doing it to make sure you don’t say anything mean about him.

]]> By: hillbillyjim http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2800193 hillbillyjim Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:04:29 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2800193 <strong>F</strong>ree <strong>T</strong>rade <strong>C</strong>ensors Free
Trade
Censors

]]> By: doufree http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2800006 doufree Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:16:43 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2800006 So will celebrities endorsing Obama have to reveal they are also volunteers for the Obama family colon scrubbing brigade? So will celebrities endorsing Obama have to reveal they are also volunteers for the Obama family colon scrubbing brigade?

]]> By: mrpeabody http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799770 mrpeabody Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:23:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799770 <blockquote> Bloggers, garage sales, tooting (global warming violation)….. <strong>what’s next</strong>? txag92 on October 5, 2009 at 2:26 PM</blockquote> Everything! Really, these people are begging for it. And I do believe they are going to get it. Heat the tar, pluck the chickens and stretch the rope...time to go back to D.C.

Bloggers, garage sales, tooting (global warming violation)….. what’s next?

txag92 on October 5, 2009 at 2:26 PM

Everything! Really, these people are begging for it. And I do believe they are going to get it. Heat the tar, pluck the chickens and stretch the rope…time to go back to D.C.

]]> By: Sherman1864 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799601 Sherman1864 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:46:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799601 <em>More regulation under Obama`s watch, eh? One more piece of evidence that Obama does not have America`s best interests at heart for anything. This man is not merely a poor president, he is a menace to America. Not a friend to his own country but a traitor to it. If it has not already come to that, it is coming to that.</em> More regulation under Obama`s watch, eh? One more piece of evidence that Obama does not have America`s best interests at heart for anything. This man is not merely a poor president, he is a menace to America. Not a friend to his own country but a traitor to it. If it has not already come to that, it is coming to that.

]]> By: JellyToast http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799599 JellyToast Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:46:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799599 Just imagine the jail time if you are caught at your yard sale telling a potential buyer how much your kid loved that little dump truck you're trying to sell. So I guess this could mean the end of product reviews by users?? They are all over the internet. I live by those things. I never buy anything major without checking the reviews. It's all just so insidious. One of those freaking czars said that it would be necessary to get into the intricate details of our lives. I can't remember which one said that, but I remember reading it about one of them months ago. This is insidious. This is not the job of freaking government to arrest people, fine them or whatever because they say they liked Joey's Burgers or Handy Dandy's popcorn maker! We have a bunch of freaking morons in charge! Just no other word for it!! Just imagine the jail time if you are caught at your yard sale telling a potential buyer how much your kid loved that little dump truck you’re trying to sell.
So I guess this could mean the end of product reviews by users?? They are all over the internet. I live by those things. I never buy anything major without checking the reviews. It’s all just so insidious. One of those freaking czars said that it would be necessary to get into the intricate details of our lives. I can’t remember which one said that, but I remember reading it about one of them months ago. This is insidious. This is not the job of freaking government to arrest people, fine them or whatever because they say they liked Joey’s Burgers or Handy Dandy’s popcorn maker! We have a bunch of freaking morons in charge! Just no other word for it!!

]]> By: tom http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799544 tom Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:32:50 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799544 <blockquote>By a unanimous vote, the FTC now mandates that bloggers disclose any payments or freebies received for their reviews, a mandate which does not appear to have an analog with mainstream media organizations:</blockquote> Because media organizations make sure their lobbyists de-fang regulations that might hurt them. Which is one of the big problems with government getting too big: It becomes necessary to have representation not just with Congress, but with all the various regulatory agencies that can ruin your life with new rules. But only the bigger corporations can afford this. So once again, the individuals and smaller organizations watch bad rules get made that inadvertently affect them, and can't do anything about it.

By a unanimous vote, the FTC now mandates that bloggers disclose any payments or freebies received for their reviews, a mandate which does not appear to have an analog with mainstream media organizations:

Because media organizations make sure their lobbyists de-fang regulations that might hurt them.

Which is one of the big problems with government getting too big: It becomes necessary to have representation not just with Congress, but with all the various regulatory agencies that can ruin your life with new rules. But only the bigger corporations can afford this. So once again, the individuals and smaller organizations watch bad rules get made that inadvertently affect them, and can’t do anything about it.

]]> By: J_Crater http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799518 J_Crater Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:26:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799518 Are terrorists and other folks that may be written about on your blog required to disclose any weapons or WMD materials that may have been given to them for peaceful or other ends ? Are terrorists and other folks that may be written about on your blog required to disclose any weapons or WMD materials that may have been given to them for peaceful or other ends ?

]]> By: Jeff from WI http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799509 Jeff from WI Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:24:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799509 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (head hit's desk)zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (head hit’s desk)zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

]]> By: docjohn52 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799420 docjohn52 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:00:49 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799420 This is just the opening salvo. If they don't like what you write, here come the fines. I guarantee you the SEC will be here before the end of the year, along with the FCC, the BATF, and probably every other 'alphabet agency'. (What do you think the Internet Czar has been doing all this time?) <strong>The power to tax is the power to destroy.</strong> Should they decide that liquor is as offensive as right-wing politics, your 'liquor fairy icon' just won't be '<strong>conspicuous</strong>' enough, after-all an innocent consumer shouldn't have to click a link to a disclaimer (even if you surround it with arrows that say "click-me"), and they fine you out of existence. This is no 'slippery slope', this is an outright attack. If they were seriously worried about this, they would have long ago clamped down on movie reviewers, food critics, and product placement. This has nothing to do with consumer protection. This has everything to do with right-wing blogs. This is just the opening salvo. If they don’t like what you write, here come the fines. I guarantee you the SEC will be here before the end of the year, along with the FCC, the BATF, and probably every other ‘alphabet agency’. (What do you think the Internet Czar has been doing all this time?)

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

Should they decide that liquor is as offensive as right-wing politics, your ‘liquor fairy icon’ just won’t be ‘conspicuous‘ enough, after-all an innocent consumer shouldn’t have to click a link to a disclaimer (even if you surround it with arrows that say “click-me”), and they fine you out of existence.

This is no ‘slippery slope’, this is an outright attack.

If they were seriously worried about this, they would have long ago clamped down on movie reviewers, food critics, and product placement. This has nothing to do with consumer protection. This has everything to do with right-wing blogs.

]]> By: CapedConservative http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799263 CapedConservative Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:22:19 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799263 Well, Ed/AP. I heartily endorse right here for the world to see.... "Right Guard". It can and will stop the overpowering STENCH of B O CC Well, Ed/AP. I heartily endorse right here for the world to see…. “Right Guard”. It can and will stop the overpowering STENCH of B O

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]]> By: lanesmerge http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799241 lanesmerge Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:13:35 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799241 We have to throw all these a-holes out of government and shut down or severely downsize all these dumb agencies! VOTE THEM OUT OF POWER! ELECT PEOPLE THAT WILL DISPOSE OF ALL THIS GARBAGE! We have to throw all these a-holes out of government and shut down or severely downsize all these dumb agencies! VOTE THEM OUT OF POWER! ELECT PEOPLE THAT WILL DISPOSE OF ALL THIS GARBAGE!

]]> By: NightmareOnKStreet http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799210 NightmareOnKStreet Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:04:37 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799210 All joking aside, this is part of a bigger plan to control information. Just like everything this surreptitious administration does, this will just open the door to the inevitable abuse of power. Think of ObamaCare fine print - giving access to your bank account, IRS files... and on the list goes. It seems to me that this government is trying desperately to control us- beware the fine print. All joking aside, this is part of a bigger plan to control information. Just like everything this surreptitious administration does, this will just open the door to the inevitable abuse of power. Think of ObamaCare fine print – giving access to your bank account, IRS files… and on the list goes. It seems to me that this government is trying desperately to control us- beware the fine print.

]]> By: LCT688 http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799186 LCT688 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:59:13 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799186 Ok then, say I see a movie or book review and I decide to go see that movie or buy that book and it turns out to be a piece of crap, thus deriving me of my hard earned money and my precious irreplaceable time; do I then get to sue the reviewer and the producer or author for a misrepresentative review on the basis of the fact that the reviewer got a free copy of the movie or book? Boy I sure hope so! I could think of no better way to litigate Hollywood out of existence! Ok then, say I see a movie or book review and I decide to go see that movie or buy that book and it turns out to be a piece of crap, thus deriving me of my hard earned money and my precious irreplaceable time; do I then get to sue the reviewer and the producer or author for a misrepresentative review on the basis of the fact that the reviewer got a free copy of the movie or book? Boy I sure hope so! I could think of no better way to litigate Hollywood out of existence!

]]> By: dougwinship http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799104 dougwinship Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:35:04 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799104 I'm really looking forward to what celebs are going to sound like on the Red Carpet after this. This is from <a href="http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/10/05/why-there-has-to-be-a-liquor-fairy/" rel="nofollow">my post on this subject</a>: <blockquote>...I’m going to tune in to watch just to hear Jennifer Aniston channel her inner Dick Trickle: <strong>Joan Rivers:</strong> <em>” Jen, you look gorgeous today! Tell us about your dress.”</em> <strong>Aniston:</strong> <em>“Well, thanks Joan. It’s been a hard fought effort for the Yves St. Laurent team getting me ready for tonight’s walk up this carpet. I want to thank all the good folks at Goldberg’s of Beverly Hills for providing us this gorgeous necklace. And of course, none of this would work at all without the excellent work on my hair by my crew at the Jacob Nash Salon….”</em></blockquote> I’m really looking forward to what celebs are going to sound like on the Red Carpet after this. This is from my post on this subject:

…I’m going to tune in to watch just to hear Jennifer Aniston channel her inner Dick Trickle:
Joan Rivers: ” Jen, you look gorgeous today! Tell us about your dress.”
Aniston: “Well, thanks Joan. It’s been a hard fought effort for the Yves St. Laurent team getting me ready for tonight’s walk up this carpet. I want to thank all the good folks at Goldberg’s of Beverly Hills for providing us this gorgeous necklace. And of course, none of this would work at all without the excellent work on my hair by my crew at the Jacob Nash Salon….”

]]> By: Why There HAS to Be a Liquor Fairy | The Pegu Blog http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799084 Why There HAS to Be a Liquor Fairy | The Pegu Blog Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:31:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799084 [...] to have the Liquor Fairy, I’m saying why I and bloggers like me, have to have such a device. The FTC has decided to come out and issue regulations regarding commercial speech in the modern age. Among other new rules, the American government has decided that they need to require disclosure [...] [...] to have the Liquor Fairy, I’m saying why I and bloggers like me, have to have such a device. The FTC has decided to come out and issue regulations regarding commercial speech in the modern age. Among other new rules, the American government has decided that they need to require disclosure [...]

]]> By: Medicated http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799083 Medicated Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:30:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799083 <blockquote>Medicated on October 5, 2009 at 4:23 PM</blockquote> I also don't see many other ways that this could ever be effectively enforced.

Medicated on October 5, 2009 at 4:23 PM

I also don’t see many other ways that this could ever be effectively enforced.

]]> By: UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/05/ftc-trains-government-focus-on-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2799070 UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:28:30 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=67987#comment-2799070 Hi, my name is ____________,and I want you to vote for Obambi for president. Our Illegal company,___________, has recieved 10,000,000.00 in compensation from the Demonratic party,Obambi for president, the SEIU,ACORN and other mob-related organizations....bla bla bla. Hi, my name is Keith Olbermann,and the company I work for , MSLSD.... etc etc...hold <em>THEIR </em>asses to it Hi, my name is ____________,and I want you to vote for Obambi for president. Our Illegal company,___________, has recieved 10,000,000.00 in compensation from the Demonratic party,Obambi for president, the SEIU,ACORN and other mob-related organizations….bla bla bla.

Hi, my name is Keith Olbermann,and the company I work for , MSLSD….

etc etc…hold THEIR asses to it

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