Josh Marshall has some splainin to do

[medeak]

Ann Coulter ad splat in middle of his blog?

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

[NYCGirl]

1. Not for me. Where? NT

[11cents]

2. He's already explained it.

A few weeks ago. Look in his archives if you're really interested.

[medeak]

6. found his explanation to be just as offensive

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2007_04_08.php#013558

at first he sounds like Tenet.. whining he has no control over ads...then backtracking saying he could remove it if he wanted to.

pathetic imo

[Old and In the Way]

3. Not really.....these ads are all over the progressive blogosphere.

If it offsets the costs allowing him to stay in business, that's A-OK with me.

[medeak]

4. surely there is some other way to subsidize

it's offensive to have her face in mine.

[Old and In the Way]

8. Sure...are you a sustaining member?

If not, I think it's a tad bit hypocritical of you to condemn someone who gets advertising to deliver a free service (his content) to you. I kind of like the idea that Ann's paying Josh to tell the truth and expose the lies of people, like Ann Coulter.

[medeak]

13. perhaps I should STOP donating to sites that have right wing

bs ads. Is there any place left? Pray tell...Huffington surely doesn't go that low?

[Old and In the Way]

15. That's rather counter-intuitive.

But if it offends your sensibilities, best not to click on the sites.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

5. He explained it a few weeks ago

-snip-

Recently there've been a lot of John McCain ads and another ad for some daily email from Ann Coulter. Now, as it happens, these two ads are, I think, coming through the Google ad network. So we don't have any contact with the advertiser. We sign on to the Google Adsense service and the ads just appear. We see them the first time when you do. But that doesn't change the real issue. We could stop them from running if we wanted to. But we don't.

These ads have prompted a lot of emails, ranging from bemusement to curiosity to outrage (with a decided lean toward the end of the list.)

So let me explain again why this is our policy.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/013558.php

[Pirate Smile]

7. Google ads I would assume.

[IndyOp]

9. Firefox browser + Adblock = No more Google Ads!

Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Adblock Plus
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865


If you don't have MAC OS X - I am sorry, you might be able to find something in the PC world that will block Google Ads. :-)

[Jacobin]

10. no he doesn't

DU has its share of RW ads, too, unless you donate.

google is the ad agent

[medeak]

11. donate monthly and have google ads all over DU

what's this about ads unless you donate? sincere question?

edited to say...republican ring tone at bottom of thread...wtf? Is there any respite at all.

Perhaps that is my question...where can I go to escape and be in my little utopia for just a bit?

[BlooInBloo]

12. Oh god. This idiocy *again*?

[medeak]

14. did I miss something?

edited to say.... perhaps you are all correct.

And will just ask for a refund for the past 5 yrs of monthly donations.
Was venting and instead of being relieved am hotter than ever.

[Clark2008]

16. You have to turn it off in your preferences.

You can turn off the ads with a donation.

[medeak]

17. THANK YOU!

have been here so long...(was thrown off years ago and had to start over) that haven't bothered to visit and see all the new tech. REmember the OLD days?... when there were just 10,000 of us?

btw... met Wes Clark and agree with your moniker. ;-)