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[quote="trefeda"]WARNING: Industry is Blogging These NewsGroups to Protect Their 
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are underwritten anonymously by the media or marketing groups of 
industry. They are not difficult to identify due to specific patterns 
in their posting. Please familiarize yourself with these tactics so 
you can identify them. 
See: http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/2003Q1/monger.html 
See: http://emord.com/stories/cherish.htm 
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* Comment on objections about use of the word "blogging" in this 
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industry for the purpose of establishing markets for marginally 
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