Used to be that shilling snake-oil (or penny stocks) to gullible citizens required you to spend significant time and effort (and money) to be present in person. And the reach of any given huckster was limited by the strength of their voice and the number of handbills they could pass out.

The wonder of the internet is that now they can do it to a virtually unlimited degree, for minimal effort/outlay. No wonder we're drowning in it.

> for minimal effort/outlay.

Could you explain this part? I've always seen internet publicity the same as traditional, its a pay to play game and rich people have it locked up.

That may be true, but I don't think applies to al-monitor.

Yeah I meant generally. I don't know that site well enough to say. Although that particular story is pretty content free as it relates to the title.