After Suicide, Blog Insults Are Debated

Advertising blogs churn out some of the Web’s more scathing, and personal, vitriol. Last week, the bloggers absorbed some body blows of their own.

Visitors to AgencySpy and AdScam, two sharp-tongued blogs written by advertising industry insiders, posted comments blaming the sites for contributing to the suicide late last month of Paul Tilley, 40, the creative director of DDB Chicago.