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August 25, 2005
Confused curmudgeon
Charles Warner goes after GM and Chrysler for allegedly spamming his Media Curmudgeon blog with bogus trackbacks. Heather Green picks up on the topic in the Business Week blog Blogspotting. Mr. Warner chalks the trackbacks up to the companies' desperation to sell some cars.
But the whole premise is wrong, as Niall Kennedy points out in his comments on the Media Curmudgeon. The guilty spammers are clearly resellers of vehicles, like the used car dealer on the lot down the street from you. The Curmudgeon acknowledges that, but chooses to pressure the carmakers over it anyway. Umm, right. But how can automakers be held responsible for every person selling a vehicle? As Mr. Kennedy asks, is Mr. Warner blaming Pfizer for Viagra spam? And whom might we hammer over porno spam? God? (The truly original equipment manufacturer.)
Also, it's hard to even imagine GM or Chrysler setting out to spam Mr. Warner’s site. How would they go about pinging him? With what blog software?
While it's fashionable to bash away at the beleaguered American automakers these days, it would be nice if a blog that describes itself as writing "mostly about the media from a business, strategic, and management perspective" tried a little fact-checking before making wild-eyed accusations.
Posted by Laurie Mayers at August 25, 2005 10:20 PM
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