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Incomplete reporting by Fairfax

Fairfax newspapers The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald today run stories about the ACCC legal action against Google and the Trading Post. It is disappointing that Fairfax is quick to list other companies which may be guilty of similar behaviour but not any company associated with them. As I have documented here before, Fairfax’s RSVP used a campaign based on fudging search results where people were looking for 3loves, a free online dating business I own – connected with the Find It online classifieds business.

The Fairfax reporting today demonstrates, at best, sloppy reporting and at worst, bias.

I know Fairfax was embarrassed by my revealing here six months ago the campaign from which they benefited – they immediately took down the campaign. No apology. No acknowledgement. And, now, they are prepared to finger others yet not themselves. The original post about the Fairfax/RSVP scam can be found here.

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  1. Scott

    no doubt someone from news ltd will pick up on your story, maybe they need helping hand to find it?

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