Thieving bastards
Posted by Greg on March 28, 2006
Apparently the Associated Press doesn't think the blogosphere counts for anything.
From The Raw Story:
We contacted an AP senior editor and ombudsmen both and both admitted to having had the article passed on to them, and both stated that they viewed us as a blog and because we were a blog, they did not need to credit us. What we are or are not is frankly irrelevant. What is relevant is that by using a term like blog to somehow excuse plagiarism, the mainstream press continues to lower the bar for acceptable behavior. It need not matter where the AP got the information, research, and actual wording from. What matters is that if they use it in part or in whole, they must attribute properly. A blog or a small press publication or grads students working in the corner of a library all equally deserve credit for their work, period.
Hat tip: MyDD who observes:
This is stealing. Raw Story invested the time and effort to investigate the story, and printed it. The AP took that work, uncredited, and used it. The AP should stop stealing from Raw Story. It's that simple.
