The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

On the same page where Michelle Malkin was beating up Verizon over sponsoring Akon who commits shameless acts (and then congratulating on a victory over Verizon):

I saw this side bar advertisement (click to enlarge) of a woman in a thong suggestively posing:

I am sure Michelle Malkin would never have knowingly approved of that advertisement, but it does show that you must be careful about what's not under your control on your site or it could unintentionally reflect badly on yourself.

I am not comparing the Verizon situation to Michelle Malkin's. They are different:

• Verizon surely knew Akon's questionable background before signing a multi-million dollar contract.
• Michelle is using a generic advertising script and the advertisement that is served came from another company not under her control.
• The advertising script on Michelle's site shows different ads to different visitors and she would likely never see that ad.
• While some ad serving companies allow you to prevent certain ads from showing up, most require you know the name of the 'offending' advertiser first.

Fortunately, anyone who reads SamanthaBurns.com knows Sam doesn't have such high moral editorial standards, but even those like Michelle Malkin, who encourage moral standards, can end up having their name tarnished.