Comments on: It’s happened again! http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/10/12/its-happened-again/ The weBLOG of Daragh Mc Grath Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:00:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Declan http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/10/12/its-happened-again/#comment-60473 Declan Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:15:27 +0000 http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/10/12/its-happened-again/#comment-60473 Yeah, journalists rip off blogs and then tell people how amature bloggers are. I'm curious about the photos. Anyone recognise them? Are they ripped off from flickr and did they credit a photographer? Yeah, journalists rip off blogs and then tell people how amature bloggers are. I’m curious about the photos. Anyone recognise them? Are they ripped off from flickr and did they credit a photographer?

]]> By: Daragh http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/10/12/its-happened-again/#comment-60402 Daragh Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:33:08 +0000 http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/10/12/its-happened-again/#comment-60402 True, but we're also assuming that my post was read by the people in Metro who wrote it, which of course may not be the case, and leaves us looking at pure coincidence! True, but we’re also assuming that my post was read by the people in Metro who wrote it, which of course may not be the case, and leaves us looking at pure coincidence!

]]> By: Dervla http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/10/12/its-happened-again/#comment-60378 Dervla Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:03:21 +0000 http://www.daraghmcg.org/2006/10/12/its-happened-again/#comment-60378 This sort of thing annoys me no end. Even if the timing was a co-incidence, a mention of the blog would be justified. According to the NUJ <a href="http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=59" rel="nofollow">Code of Conduct</a> (assuming the journalist is a member) journalists are supposed to <i>"..... obtain information, photographs and illustrations only by straightforward means. The use of other means can be justified only by overriding considerations of the public interest....."</i> Wonder what the definition of "straightforward means" is. Vague enough to have many definitions it seems! This sort of thing annoys me no end. Even if the timing was a co-incidence, a mention of the blog would be justified.

According to the NUJ Code of Conduct (assuming the journalist is a member) journalists are supposed to “….. obtain information, photographs and illustrations only by straightforward means. The use of other means can be justified only by overriding considerations of the public interest…..”

Wonder what the definition of “straightforward means” is. Vague enough to have many definitions it seems!

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