AutoWeek blatantly flaunts their ties to Toyota

We weren’t really impressed by the mugshot laden “blog” AutoWeek ran for the Detroit Auto Show. Now we’re almost
floored by the blog of Dutch Mandel, editor and associate publisher of AutoWeek. In his first post, he clearly states
he’s on the take…uh we mean, well just go read
his post and you’ll be mildly
amused by his “transparency.” In blogging we use that word to show we have no ties to our sources in any way. It also
means we clearly tell readers who are advertisers are etc. Dutch is being transparent too. He’s clearly saying Toyota
is paying his way to Geneva and that some of the other three bloggers probably are being flown over by other companies.
So readers need to keep in mind that there might be rose tinted glasses all around. WOW! At least no one’s hiding the
fact anymore. And just to remind everyone: no one paid for Autoblog to go to
Detroit or
Chicago nor New York later in the month.

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