In regards to the recent PepsiCo blog situation (you know the one I mean), I wasn't going to say much. First, because Chad did a good job at expressing my views (without me even telling him ). Second, I am just happy to be at ScienceBlogs - I had been kicked off two servers and had to hitch a ride on a friend's server (thanks Bill) before arriving here.
Some other bloggers, were a little more put out. Now I understand why. I came to this understanding by doing a thought experiment. What if it wasn't PepsiCo that paid for a sponsored blog? What if instead it was ESPN's Sport Science? I think I would consider leaving too (but it would just be an idle threat).
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Today ScienceBlogs launched a new sponsored blog, Food Frontiers. The sponsor is PepsiCo.
So, PepsiCo has started up a new blog here on ScienceBlogs called Food Frontiers.
From the profile:
Yesterday, ScienceBlogs launched Food Frontiers, a blog sponsored by PepsiCo.
If you're tired of talking about the debacle that was PepsiCo's paid blog that was sprung on us here at ScienceBlogs earlier this week, please carry on elsewhere.
I can't wait for the flood of useful blog posts about the angular power of the vector ski mass!