The Media Drop: Credit where it's due

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August 15, 2004

Credit where it's due

In the world of journalism - any form - there come times when people feel that their original work was used and someone else has taken credit for "breaking" a story. It happens, and not much can be done about it, right? Well, maybe not. The digital world makes it hard to get away with using someone else's words as your own. Bloggers complain quite often about having their scoops going uncredited by mainstream media articles, and sometimes get their point across - but not all the time.

Om Malik has crafted a solid piece on the matter, and it should make a terrific jumpoff for others to add their views on the matter. Blogs do such a good job at fact-checking and sourcing one another, with solid results - can't the same hold true for the rest of the "media" world?

Posted by Tom at August 15, 2004 1:28 AM | TrackBack | IM This

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Wishful thinking, Tom. The "mainstream media" are not just threatened, they're trying to figure out what the heck is happening (well, those few among them who are paying attention, rare as they are).

No one likes to get scooped, but when it happens, it happens - you either admit it and deal with it, or spin it/ignore it. The "big boys" in particular hate it, so either ignore it or nuance it to death.

It will be their undoing, and it's happening already. For what it's worth, I say, "yeah!" :)

Mark

It's actually rather humorous.

Posted by: Mark at August 15, 2004 8:21 PM