A new Pepsi sponsored and authored blog on nutrition has caused all kinds of controversy over at ScienceBlogs, with many of the site's bloggers publicly commenting on and even quitting the site over the move. Although not the first time ScienceBlogs has hosted a corporate blog (GE sponsored one recently), the pairing of Pepsi and nutrition does seem particularly odd. As ScienceBlogger PZ Meyers says, "They aren't going to be doing any scienceblogging — this is straight-up commercial propaganda." [Guardian, ScienceBlogs]
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