Bloggers for Sale

by Conor Friedersdorf

The Daily Caller has the story:

“It’s standard operating procedure” to pay bloggers for favorable coverage, says one Republican campaign operative. A GOP blogger-for-hire estimates that “at least half the bloggers that are out there” on the Republican side “are getting remuneration in some way beyond ad sales.”

In California, where former eBay executive Meg Whitman beat businessman Steve Poizner in a bitterly fought primary battle in the campaign for governor, it sometimes seemed as if there was a bidding war for bloggers.

There isn't anything earth-shattering in the piece, but hopefully its author is opening up a line of reporting, and there will be more to come.