RE: Words From Our Sponsor: A Jeweler Commissions a Novel

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 04 2001 - 16:55:29 BST

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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <debivort@umd5.umd.edu>
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Subject: RE: Words From Our Sponsor: A Jeweler Commissions a Novel
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    Consumer Reports allows commercial advertising by the manufacturers of
    products Reports covers. I am wondering about the viability of an even more
    hard-nosed anti-commercial service. Perhaps it might be the beginning of a
    subset of society in which truth, modesty and accountability are honored in
    practice. I know, I know...I'm dreaming.

    Lawrence

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-bounces@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
    > Wade T.Smith
    > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:00 AM
    > To: memetics list
    > Subject: RE: Words From Our Sponsor: A Jeweler Commissions a Novel
    >
    >
    > On 09/04/01 10:17, Lawrence DeBivort said this-
    >
    > >What about creating a website that would display solid information about
    > >products, vetted by the website owners, as long as the product
    > manufacturers
    > >excused themselves from any commercial advertising?
    >
    > That sounds like Consumer Reports.
    >
    > Which is a subscription service, mostly because it doesn't allow
    > advertising.
    >
    > - Wade
    >
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