From Wired: Advertisers Paid Me to Blog About Them. Is That So Wrong?

Advertisers Paid Me to Blog About Them. Is That So Wrong?:

There is one bright spot. One of my last gigs comes from Jessamyn West, a librarian and blogger who offers me $10 to discuss how librarians “can help you make sense of a confusing world where information providers have all sorts of differing agendas.” This is a post I can get behind.
“Your notions of purity are laughably quaint,” I write. “How do you know who to trust? I don’t know. But I do know someone who can serve as a guide … That person is your local (or Net-based) librarian.”
I publish. It feels good — like a shot at redemption. Plus, you know, it’s 10 bucks