The "sellout" of the hitherto-independent Huffington Post news website to corporate AOL, has angered many freelance bloggers who were responsible for providing [largely free] content for publication. HuffPo editor Arianna Huffington has been described by American Republican strategist Ed Rollins as domineering & "the most ruthless & ambitious person I'd met in 30 years of national politics". The HuffPo was established in 2005, by Huffington, & "has risen from being a marginal voice in the blogosphere to a prominaent outlet for liberal opinion, & one of the most influential new-media platforms in America" - NZ Herald Sat Feb 12, 2011 This media release from www.adbusters.org #HUFFPUFF " Arianna Huffington has betrayed us, so let's huff and puff her house down. She built a blog-empire on the backs of thousands of citizen journalists. She exploited our idealism and let us labor under the illusion that the Huffington Post was
In Australia "The proportion of people citing excessive use of credit as the reason for declaring themselves bankrupt.. more than doubled, to over 21%" between 2000 & 2005. -from "Affluenza - when too much is never enough" p72-73 by Clive Hamilton & Richard Dennis
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