“This sounded like it was a press release from Microsoft, not a legitimate news story researched by anyone. The suits themselves are news but the rest sounds like propaganda. And, it is presented here with no disclaimer as to its source and/or lack of reportage.”

Do you see how the subject line of this article is “Microsoft Nails Five U.S. Software Pirating Companies (News Release)”? Do you see how the last two words are “News Release”? And how it’s listed in Industry News as one of its categories?

That indicates that it is indeed a press release. Aunty compliments you on your powers of observation.

Aunty gets many many interesting stories which come across her desk each day. She can’t possibly report on them all, yet often they may be of interest to her readers, and so she passes them along.

If you don’t like reading them, don’t read the ones which indicate “News Release”. If you feel you are paying too much for this service - oh, wait, you aren’t paying anything.

Kissy kissy,

Aunty Spam