Comments on: Do people who run newspapers realize how modern journalism works?

By: greg

greg — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:01:19 +0000

Well, this post is more about hypocrisy, but if you really need me to draw a line in the sand, the key difference is citing original sources. When blogs comment on the news, they almost always credit the source of their quote(s) and provide a link. Major newspapers RARELY extend the same level of professional courtesy to smaller media outlets and bloggers who inspire their work.

By: Big Time Patriot

Big Time Patriot — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:38:17 +0000

I’m not really getting the point, is it BAD if Maureen Dowd uses a blog paragraph and doesn’t apologize and attribute until after she’s caught?

Or is it bad when a blog uses headlines from the costly newsroom of a newspaper as the basis for a whole days blog?

Are both bad? Are neither bad? If you think the newspapers are whiny, then why aren’t bloggers being whiny when they complain about attribution.

This whole thing where its okay if WE do it (in this case complaining about use of the bloggers work product) but not okay if the newspaper does it (complaining about the use of the newspapers work product), seems a bit off to me.

This kind of double standard thing sounds vaguely, hmm, how shall I put this delicately??… vaguely Republican (there I said it!)…

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