Boing Boing: DNC appoints RIAA shill to run Public Affairs for convention

Boing Boing | Apr. 12, 2007 (Opinion)

Today, Jenni Engebretsen was named "Deputy CEO for Public Affairs," for the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver -- but she is better known as the Director of Communications for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Full Story »

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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

This partnership is indeed worrying. Though Doctorow did attempt to get the DNC's side of the story, alarming words like "shill" and "hate" tend to make me as a reader mentally defend even the worst scoundrels. A later post by Doctorow was more effective, as Engebretsen's advocacy for suing people for using uncrippled online music speaks for itself.