Comments on: [updatex2] Newsweek, beautiful mommies & cosmetic surgeon & author, Michael Salzhauer

By: Mois

Mois — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:51:47 +0000

I actually would consider myself more of an activist. I believe in plastic surgery. I believe in the death penalty and of course wish Hillary would win…

I believe in what I do, kinda of like…

Journalism… Yeah. Michael Mooooore anyone?

I’ll never blog about chocolate.

By: Shaping Youth

Shaping Youth — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:56:22 +0000

Evidently s/he gets around, as the same Paola G. Chacon tried to post on Dr. Robyn’s blog called Kiss My Assets under the name “Gabriela” and she pinged me with the recon to do the digital match of IPs and keystroke trail…bingo. Same person. Sheesh…must’ve had the braincells sucked out with lipo, as it’s not that hard to trace! I’ll check the BlogHer post next, as I’m sure there’s a trail elsewhere too…This might make a good story in itself…what happens when ’sock puppets’ get outed by digitally savvy Web 2.0 citizen journalists

By: Katsoulis

Katsoulis — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:28:27 +0000

Paola G. Chacon also ended up posting his/her comments on my blog as well under the name “Cassy” with the same not quite coherent arguments.

http://www.1000demons.com/2008/04/no40-dr-michael-salzhauer.html

Very, very scummy indeed. Perhaps this manner of deceptiveness was used with Newsweek?

By: Shaping Youth

Shaping Youth — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:06:59 +0000

Hey Jill, It’s Amy from Shaping Youth here again..Add THIS tidbit to your recon…

I kept getting pinged by a ‘makeover momma’ touting her rights to feel good about herself, etc.—(which I respect, btw, as it’s personal choice, my issue is the book and how it’s landing on kids to ‘fix’ stuff)

Anyway, after several back & forths in the comment section of my post here, http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=1377
I decided to do my own recon and find out where “s/he” blogs…Bingo!

Here’s my reply in our comment section:

“Ah, silly me…I should’ve KNOWN better, why of course, you blog for the CLIENT of the book, who is your BOSS!!! Just found you here, “Carmen” –aka “Paola G. Chacon”
http://www.scumbagstyle.com/

Next time you’d like to seed content for your boss’ endeavor, you might not want to be so easy to trace!!! This is a media literacy lesson in itself…which should be blogged about.

Remember…digital footprints are easy to track with media savvy folks…doesn’t take much.”

ugh. ‘Scumbag’ is right. –A.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:38:59 +0000

I’ve been quiet because of Passover but will pick up the pieces again hopefully tomorrow. Dr. Sulzhauer has gone silent on me now but there’s still the Newsweek reporter…

By: Katsoulis

Katsoulis — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:34:21 +0000

"Dr." Salzhauer has been demonized here:

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By: Shaping Youth

Shaping Youth — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:49:44 +0000

Good recon on all fronts…I’ve covered this on Shaping Youth from both a media literacy perspective and a body image one.

Ping me if you find out new info, as I really hate taking the media ‘bait’ if this was a marketing strategy. That said, much like my Miss Bimbo post, it’s important to deconstruct this stuff regardless, because it IS out there getting buzz, and people need context.

Here’s my post on Shaping Youth: “Mamma’s Got a Brand New Bag…er, Face. Nose. Belly”
http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=1377

Also, it’s clearly not a ‘hoax’ as you CAN crosslist on Amazon w/an ISBN just as we did with Age of Conversation to benefit Variety, the Children’s Charity…even though that began as a Lulu.com self-publishing probono venture to raise money for their global Lifeline division…

By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Teresa Nielsen Hayden — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:11:28 +0000

Excellent! I’ll be watching as this develops.

An ISBN and an Amazon listing means people can buy the book online. I don’t know whether Big Tent has a standard distribution deal or a sales force. If they do, some copies may make their way into some bookstores. Otherwise, what the ISBN means in terms of bookstore presence is that if a customer wants a copy, he or she can pay in advance to have their bookstore order it for them.

If getting books into bookstores were easy, everyone would do it.

By: Backpacking Dad

Backpacking Dad — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:53:40 +0000

Nice work. I hope you find out.