Online Public Relations Thoughts

How come Wal-Mart can be blasted for paying a blogger to write about it when politicians are apparently paying bloggers openly and few care? Where's the credibility and why haven't mainstream media reported it?

Count me among those who believe that paid blogging doesn't work. It's just another form of shilling. But, if politicians can get away with such blatant hype, why not corporations? That is, if politicians choose not to be credible, why not commercial entities?

Wait! I think I've answered my own question.