Science Bloggers Outraged by PepsiCo-Sponsored Nutrition Blog

Corporations sponsor blog posts all the time. It's a reality of the world of online journalism--corporations can provide the big bucks necessary to keep the figurative lights on. Why, then, is the scientific community so riled up about Food Frontiers, a new PepsiCo-sponsored blog on the ScienceBlogs network?

The blog, launched this week, will purportedly offer insight on science, nutrition, and health policy--with information on PepsiCo's "nutritious" products sprinkled in. But ScienceBlogs...