A few weeks ago, Dooce announced to her readers that she was going to Bangladesh with Christy Turlington's group, Every Woman Counts, to witness the deplorable conditions of maternal healthcare in a developing nation. 

Today, the Guardian published a stinging rebuke saying that Turlington's group was using Dooce for free publicity. Rowan Davies writes that the practice of taking wealthy, white women from Western nations and having them write stories about the poverty amounted to Poverty Tourism. 

Dooce tweeted a response: "Shoddy journalism:http://t.co/drpM4Pk I paid my own expenses. Hey, Rowan. You have my email address."

I'm on the Dooce camp for this one. She brought attention and money to an important issue. I'm not sure what is wrong with that. 

So, is flying bloggers to third world nations tacky or is it smart publicity?