The web video diva has finally defended her participation in infotainmercials for products such as fire-retardant chemicals for emergency workers. (Amanda Congdon, better known for her sweater puppies rather than on-screen charisma, shot the tacky commercials while working on her credibility at ABC News. Naughty.) You think Congdon's contrite? Her defiant declaration: "I am not subject to the "rules" traditional journalists have to follow." I can so visualize the air quotes gesture with her fingers. If they're just optional "rules", then Congdon's a pretend "journalist" who really ought to be canned from her so-called "job".

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