an example of how fox news is not really a news organization
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The proprietor of Headsup: The Blog says it best, so I’ll just send you over there:
collider vs. the trades
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
About a month and a half ago Frosty at Collider.com posted an article about how the two major entertainment trades, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, were snubbing websites like Collider by not giving them credit for breaking stories first.
When will Variety and The Hollywood Reporter Credit Online Websites for Breaking a Story?
“Time and again I’ve watched as either myself, or one of my fellow online journalists (cause that’s what we are) break a story only to be reported sometimes days later in Variety or The Reporter with no mention the news was already online.”
I’ve been meaning to write something about this since I first saw it (I found out because someone from MTV e-mailed us asking for a comment on the story), and although I’m decidedly biased in this case, I’m totally sympathetic to the plight of the online journalist, so I don’t think my status as a THR employee should immediately disqualify me from an opinion.
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