I don’t know if you noticed recently, but BB had a whole series of posts about an event sponsored by Ford. Unless you just didn’t visit during the time they were doing this, you couldn’t miss that a.) they were deeply involved and b.) the thing was sponsored by Ford.
They’re in advertising.
Or more to the point, they’re media people who are dependent on advertisers. Just like those damn media people Boing Boing readers seem to hate so much. And they do sponsored stories, which in the newspaper business we call an “advertorial”.
And I don’t get the hate for advertisers. They’re just people doing a job. I realize it’s not a STEM field, but all they’re doing is making a product or service look good for a customer. If the advertising agency is called upon to make Levitra look like something an older guy wants to take, is the agency evil, or is the client?
And on that note, I’ll just end, and I wish you luck in finding a career free of ethical dilemmas.
