Clark - 6:59 pm on Aug 8, 2007 (gmt 0)

I also share Marcia's reservations about the "useless swill that often masquerades as Web 2.0."

Wow efv, that is the first post I've read from you that is a tiny bit critical of Google. (Not saying there are none, just that it's the first I've read).

Personally don't have a big problem with this if it's done as stated. For a real example from the news:

Denise Richards & Charlie Sheen have been feuding. She does press releases to make her look good, but is a raving lunatic with him. Yesterday he gave a rare interview to the tabloids to clear up misconceptions. If he had an outlet like Google News to clear his name, then he wouldn't need to go to the people who are besmirching his good name. Of course this would turn Google news from an aggregator to a newsmaker, but if he commented on a story, the site which posted the story will get lots more traffic, so I don't think it will hurt the sites to have comments by the people making the news.