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Wendy Knowler is a household name. Yet, amid the frenzy of public demands, gripes and questions across her Facebook page (a prayer chain of desperate pleas for help), it’s hard to tell whether the consumer-issue guru is a legal practitioner who writes about consumer issues, or a consumer complaints consultant who charges a fee. Turns out, she’s neither.

Wendy started her career in journalism in 1985. Her website states she’s covered everything from fashion to politics. And, since 1998, consumer journalism. Known

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