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Sent to a friend[8359] Megan Pittsley and Examiner.com - Megan Pittsley is acting as a shill for Examiner.com
Examiner.com in the period 2008 - 2009 was spamming the internet, and often Craigslist, with help-wanted advertisements for writers. The ads very often contained misleading statements, i.e. lies related to the amount of money a writer could earn through Examiner.comWriters advocates succeeded in greatly lessening the number of fraudulent posts Examiner.com succeeded in making.
The company has standard formulas to defend its fraudulent advertising. It will say "Being an Examiner is not for everyone," as if that exonerated it from the guilt of posting fraudulent help-wanted ads.
On July 2, 2009, Megan Pittsley posted a Craigslist Writing Gigs announcement for columnist who would supposedly be paid ten cents per page view. In her CL announcement, Ms. Pittsley did not state that the "offer" was to write for Examiner.
An investigator responded to her announcement and was sent an e-mail saying that he should let Examiner know that Ms. Pittsley recommended him to them, because she would get extra site credit that way.
It is yet to be determined whether Ms. Pittsley is acting as an agent for Examiner, to get around the bans on its placing fraudulent ads. She was asked for documentation that Examiners are being paid ten cents per page view. She became defensive and insulting and refused to provide the documentation.
She posted a similar announcement on the Boston Craigslist. Here is evidence of it:
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Online Column Writers Jul 2, 2009 ... Online Column Writers (Anywhere). Reply to: gigs-va3ed-1250620601@craigslist.org ... Pay is around 10 cents per page hit. ...
boston.craigslist.org/gbs/wrg/1250620601.html - 6 hours ago - Similar
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There is no convincing evidence or documentation that Examiner.com pays writers ten cents per page view.
Writers should guard against being suckered in by Examiner.com and dishonest, self-serving people like Megan Pittsley.
Posted 8 months ago
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- You also should mention that Examiner.com asks writers for information (including their full legal name and social security numbers) so they can do a "background check" on them for criminal records. This should be a huge red flag for anyone. In this day and age, you do not send your legal name and social in an email to people you've never met. That's all they need to steal your identity. As a professional writer, I have never been asked to submit to a background check before, especially for such pitiful pay for my work.
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