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OK – that’s pretty close to the headline from this morning’s GMSV which reports:

The freewheeling days of political blogging will roll on thanks to a Federal Election Commission ruling that grants media exemptions to bloggers and other pundits, allowing them to politick online without fear of federal interference. In a 6-0 decision, the commission left unregulated almost all political activity on the Internet except for paid political advertisements.

PR Blogger Neville Hobson has got a new blog. It’s lovely.

(btw: I’m totally with him on his comments re: Plaxo. Never send me a Plaxo invite)

In another terrific example of “brand over matter” – the media are pointing to Google’s new finance site as a potential competitor to the likes of Yahoo, and in some cases, Bloomberg.

I wonder of any of them actually looked at the site in any detail (that is rhetorical – I know they did, I know…). At best it is Yahoo extra-lite. (IMHO, based on what you can look at today, Yahoo’s is infinitely better). It doesn’t even come close to what a Bloomberg or Reuters offers. So I’m lost… interactive charts are meant to be really, really exciting news?

And here is an interesting point from the WSJ: “Unlike many other finance sites, Google doesn’t have its own editorial staff.”

This kind of coverage either points to the power of the Google brand over any kind of matter or substance. OK, now I’m ranting… sorry… but what is right for Google isn’t necessarily right or needed by consumers. Maybe they should stick to their own truisims (thanks for the pointer GMSV):

2. It’s best to do one thing really, really well.

“Google does search. Google does not do horoscopes, financial advice or chat.”

— “Ten things Google has found to be true,” circa June 2004

PR legend, Harold Burson is blogging. (via Joel)