Comments on: Lazy Journalism http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/ The thoughts of Daragh Mc Grath Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:50:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DjMagra’s stuff ‘n’ stuff http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-864 DjMagra’s stuff ‘n’ stuff Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:01:59 +0000 http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/#comment-864 [...] I recently wrote about stories being lifted from blogs by journalists, and either copied verbatim, or slightly re-hashed before appearing in ‘mainstream’ media. This is something that annoys me greatly, and has just happened to me again. [...] [...] I recently wrote about stories being lifted from blogs by journalists, and either copied verbatim, or slightly re-hashed before appearing in ‘mainstream’ media. This is something that annoys me greatly, and has just happened to me again. [...]

]]> By: declan http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-863 declan Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:54:20 +0000 http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/#comment-863 I wonder what story we could spread through the Irish blogging community to see how many news outlets pick it up ;-) I wonder what story we could spread through the Irish blogging community to see how many news outlets pick it up ;-)

]]> By: Daragh http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Daragh Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:32:26 +0000 http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/#comment-862 Agreed, but, responsible bloggers will source their information from more than one source, and try and verify the integrity of the information. This is even more important for journalists who are reporting for reputable news sites. The story below about the Vodafone Talk and Text bundle appeared on breakingnews an hour after I wrote it, stating that "Vodafone today launched..." when in fact they didn't launch the service yesterday, it's been going for a while, I just happened to discover it myself yesterday. I'm not saying that it <b>was</b> lifted from here, but it's a bit of a coincidence! :) Agreed, but, responsible bloggers will source their information from more than one source, and try and verify the integrity of the information. This is even more important for journalists who are reporting for reputable news sites.

The story below about the Vodafone Talk and Text bundle appeared on breakingnews an hour after I wrote it, stating that “Vodafone today launched…” when in fact they didn’t launch the service yesterday, it’s been going for a while, I just happened to discover it myself yesterday.

I’m not saying that it was lifted from here, but it’s a bit of a coincidence! :)

]]> By: declan http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-861 declan Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:25:11 +0000 http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/07/06/lazy-journalism/#comment-861 They lift information from bloggers, bloggers lift information from them. Soon we'll just have one news story going round in circles :-) What story did they rehash? They lift information from bloggers, bloggers lift information from them. Soon we’ll just have one news story going round in circles :-)

What story did they rehash?

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