http://www.metafilter.com/tags/estadao Posts tagged with 'estadao' at MetaFilter. Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:35:05 -0800 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:35:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/64017/Brazilian%2DBlogger%2DBash <a href="http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/08/16/brazil-ad-compares-bloggers-with-monkeys/">Brazilian Blogger Bashing!</a> The respected Brazilian newspaper <a href="http://www.estadao.com.br">Estadao</a> decided to promote its new online presence by jokingly <a href="http://www.brainstorm9.com.br/archives/2007/08/campanha-do-estadao-contra-os-blogs.html">producing a series of ads</a> with obvious misfits and asking such questions as "Is this the guy giving you dating advice?" and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTA26q7zlE4">a video</a> (youtube) comparing bloggers to monkeys. Bloggers <a href="http://www.interney.net/blogs/inagaki/2007/08/10/estadao_contra_os_blogs/">are outraged</a> "Why would you read a newspaper that compares bloggers to monkeys?". <a href="http://www.estadao.com.br/economia/not_eco38340,0.htm">In today's newspaper</a>, Estadao offers no apology but instead dryly recounts the facts. Meanwhile, the resulting controversy, with thousands of blogs weighing in, has driven a lot of traffic to their new site. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.64017 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:35:05 -0800 bloggers brazil estadao monkeys vacapinta