Comments on: Comments for Dan Gillmor – Bloggers and Disclosure http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/03/comments-for-dan-gillmor-bloggers-and-disclosure.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Beal http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/03/comments-for-dan-gillmor-bloggers-and-disclosure.html/comment-page-1#comment-218 Andy Beal Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:07:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wp_import/2006/03/comments-for-dan-gillmor-bloggers-and-disclosure.htm#comment-218 Welcome Dan, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I certainly don't see any problem lifting a line here and there from a press release or media advisory. MSM do this all the time. Anything more than that, I identify and credit the source. I still dont see the big stink here. If I were buying a newspaper, I would expect the content to be original (I paid money for it). If I'm reading a blog, I should accept that there is no standard, ethics or guidelines that bloggers have to abide by. Just because I don't indulge in the practice, doesn't mean I believe others should start policing it. What's next? Holding bloggers to AP style? ;-) Welcome Dan, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I certainly don’t see any problem lifting a line here and there from a press release or media advisory. MSM do this all the time. Anything more than that, I identify and credit the source.

I still dont see the big stink here. If I were buying a newspaper, I would expect the content to be original (I paid money for it). If I’m reading a blog, I should accept that there is no standard, ethics or guidelines that bloggers have to abide by.

Just because I don’t indulge in the practice, doesn’t mean I believe others should start policing it. What’s next? Holding bloggers to AP style? ;-)

]]> By: Dan Gillmor http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/03/comments-for-dan-gillmor-bloggers-and-disclosure.html/comment-page-1#comment-217 Dan Gillmor Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:08:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wp_import/2006/03/comments-for-dan-gillmor-bloggers-and-disclosure.htm#comment-217 Andy, it's not about whether you're a journalist or not. It's about whether you pass off other people's words as your own. I hope you don't do that, no matter what you call yourself. Sorry about the hassle you had trying to post a comment. I wish we didn't have to ask people to register in order to comment, but (among other reasons) the comment spammers are making this too difficult, unfortunately. Andy, it’s not about whether you’re a journalist or not. It’s about whether you pass off other people’s words as your own. I hope you don’t do that, no matter what you call yourself.

Sorry about the hassle you had trying to post a comment. I wish we didn’t have to ask people to register in order to comment, but (among other reasons) the comment spammers are making this too difficult, unfortunately.

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