Arlen Parsa is about to get his degree in documentary film from Chicago’s Columbia College. Yet he seems to have already graduated cum laude from the unofficial School of Blogs. Thanks to his mashup of old-school reporting and new media-fueled advocacy, a major consumer electronics company is reeling from scandal, traditional media is following his news trail and anyone who ever had doubts about the validity of Amazon customer reviews is having their worst suspicions confirmed. “Politically speaking, I’m a progressive, so I think consumer advocacy comes naturally,” Parsa told me.
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Posted by: Renay San Miguel January 23, 2009 08:30 AMArlen Parsa is about to get his degree in documentary film from Chicago’s Columbia College. Yet he seems to have already graduated cum laude from the unofficial School of Blogs. Thanks to his mashup of old-school reporting and new media-fueled advocacy, a major consumer electronics company is reeling from scandal, traditional media is following his news trail and anyone who ever had doubts about the validity of Amazon customer reviews is having their worst suspicions confirmed. “Politically speaking, I’m a progressive, so I think consumer advocacy comes naturally,” Parsa told me.