The Consumerist points us to a story at The Huffington Post, where an AP journalist was caught plagiarizing a story posted by a blogger.
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.
The plagiarizing is shameful. But it's also sad that some traditional media outlets continue to not credit (or link-to) bloggers as the source for a story.
Which mainstream media sources do a good job of crediting bloggers? Any of them good at including hyperlinks?
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