http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/07/the-ap-is-apparently-selling-its-tweets Comments On: The AP Is Apparently Selling Its Tweets by Dominic Holden en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sun, 26 May 2013 01:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Phil M]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:26:03 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phil M]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:24:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sandiai]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:31:00 -0800 The Stranger ..the New York Times even runs little ads on the newspaper's front page. But in those cases, the presentation of the content is categorically different: The ads are in ad boxes and are designed like ads. Twitter doesn't allow you to put little boxes around tweets. I'm not sure what you are expecting them to do.

Don't you think by preceding the ad by the all-capped "SPONSORED TWEET," the AP is displaying good faith rather than an intention to deceive?
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:07:27 -0800 The Stranger
So longer as it's clear what's sponsored and what's not, and so long as it does not become obnoxious, I can't really see faulting news outlets for doing what they can to make a buck these days.
Posted by giffy]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:18:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:09:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Phil M]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:56:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Dominic Holden]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:13:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by floater]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:57:41 -0800 The Stranger
Night and day.
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:14:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will they go that low?]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:11:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Dominic Holden]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:26:00 -0800 The Stranger
Next up: people who don't realize SLOG is paid for by The Stranger's ad content.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:10:23 -0800 The Stranger