NERO - Dell Comes Clean

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - A NERO award goes out to Dell Corp, who quickly relented under intense pressure and withdrew their request for consumerist.com to remove a post exposing Dell marketing techniques.

Some key points from Consumerist.com:

Dell has said it was wrong for trying to get The Consumerist to remove a "confessions" post from a former Dell worker.

Dell's Direct2Dell blog wrote, "Now's not the time to mince words, so let me just say it... we blew it."

Dell also posted its own series of "confessions." Number one: "Ok, we goofed. We shouldn't have sent a notice. To my earlier point, we appreciate the reminder from the community. Point taken."

Clearly, Dell underestimated the power of consumers to respond to power-hungry companies.

NERO - Judge Sets Genarlow Wilson Free

Monday, June 11, 2007 - A NERO award goes out to Georgia state judge Thomas H. Wilson who today threw out Genarlow Wilson's previous sentence and amended it to misdemeanor aggravated child molestation with a 12-month sentence, plus credit for time served. Not quite a HERO but certainly not a ZERO.

This is a rather complicated case. In the end, was justice served? Hopefully, the state of Georgia will think carefully before automatically appealing the decision.

The Washington Post has a rather complete article regarding the case found HERE.