Did Amazon Really Fail This Weekend? The Twittersphere Says “Yes,” Online Retailer Says “Glitch.”

Last fall, a small but vocal group of Twitterers managed to shame Johnson & Johnson into apologizing for one of its Motrin ads. This weekend’s replay: a howl of outrage, amplified and directed via Twitter at Amazon, which may or may not have instituted a boneheaded policy regarding “adult” books on its site. Or “adult” books aimed at gay and lesbian readers. Or something. No matter what really happened, the retailer is now in a real pickle.
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Weekend Update, 11/21/08

Another week, another five work days into a recession. There were a few distractions along the way, of course. From Jerry Yang and Mark Cuban to Obama Girl and Guns N’ Roses, the week’s events were enough to keep more than a few bloggers busy–at least there was something to write about other than pending economic doom.

Twitterers, Bloggers Praise Motrin for Giving Them Something to Do Last Weekend

Good thing we’ve resolved the global financial crisis, the global terror crisis, and the global warming crisis. Otherwise the blogosphere wouldn’t have had time to rail about a Web video ad campaign from Motrin over the weekend.