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Motrin maker feels pain from social media backlash
Published 11/17/2008 by heather_havenstein@computerworld.com at Latest from Computerworld
Hundreds of angry mothers take to Twitter and various blog sites to protest an online advertisement posted by the maker of the Motrin.
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