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Post number 40005

Samuel Farrow — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:01:56 -0800

The New Zealand Herald published this photo on its light hearted back page of news section entitled The Back Page today; the source of the photo was listed as Monkeyfilter. Someone is getting paid to surf the Internet.

By: Nelson

Nelson — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:12:55 -0800

Yeah, the Back Page has been publishing things off of the Internet for awhile now. Often quite funny. It's like a blog that more than 0.1% of the population might actually read. I forget, is that column written by Te Radar?

By: jscalzi

jscalzi — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:25:34 -0800

"Someone is getting paid to surf the Internet." This is news? Lots of people are getting paid to surf teh interweb these days. Believe me, I know.

By: maschnitz

maschnitz — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:34:17 -0800

The local TV news shows in LA typically have 1 or 2 stories a night that were on the Internet first.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:49:25 -0800

I'm getting paid to post to metafilter while I sip this delicious tab. Tab, the refreshing taste that refreshes.

By: wendell

wendell — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:57:08 -0800

Yeah, I turned down the Tab gig, 'cause I couldn't stand the aftertaste. Flavor blasted Goldfish, anyone?

By: billsaysthis

billsaysthis — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:10:21 -0800

Soda is for losers! /brought to you by the makers of America's finest beverage, Beer!

By: i_am_joe's_spleen

i_am_joe's_spleen — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:19:29 -0800

I've noticed that in the Herald for a while. The consistent failure to provide attribution bugs me. Yes, the internet has done one thing for print media - it's removed the need to pay or look for weird stories off the wire.

By: cali

cali — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:49:15 -0800

You'd think they could at least click through to the original URL and post it. One more click, is it really that difficult?

By: X-00

X-00 — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:14:14 -0800

A friend of mine had a photoshop image he made (it disparaged Hamilton) printed in the Herald with attribution a few years ago.