And so it goes
April 12, 2007 1:38 AM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: And so it went. -- cortex
Yep, you missed by a few hours. Different article, though.
posted by tehloki at 1:41 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by tehloki at 1:41 AM on April 12, 2007
However, this one has the best one-character link of all.
posted by zippy at 1:57 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by zippy at 1:57 AM on April 12, 2007
Forgiven for the as(s)terisk.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:21 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 2:21 AM on April 12, 2007
parenthetical humor is completely uncalled for here, despite the might of your poultry.
posted by rhizome23 at 2:24 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by rhizome23 at 2:24 AM on April 12, 2007
"the Times said", "the report said", "the newspaper said", "The New York Times has reported".
Every single paragraph in this article ends with such a statement.
Maybe my surprise comes from only reading the "big" papers, but is this sort of semiplagiarism common? Essentially, they're reporting on the article in order to report on the event without actually having to do any journalism, right?
posted by honest knave at 2:53 AM on April 12, 2007
Every single paragraph in this article ends with such a statement.
Maybe my surprise comes from only reading the "big" papers, but is this sort of semiplagiarism common? Essentially, they're reporting on the article in order to report on the event without actually having to do any journalism, right?
posted by honest knave at 2:53 AM on April 12, 2007
*Post might be too late.
posted by Cyclopsis Raptor at 2:53 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by Cyclopsis Raptor at 2:53 AM on April 12, 2007
A good reporter never needs to do any actual journalism. Heaven forbid there isn't a press release to copy from and you actually have to do some fact finding.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:40 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 3:40 AM on April 12, 2007
How come the Sikh in the previous post rates three asterisks?
posted by pracowity at 4:04 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by pracowity at 4:04 AM on April 12, 2007
A double! I'm so sorry.
one minute after hitting the post button is not the best time to have discovered this. and the other link spellid it out in plain english. oh wait, perhaps that was the problem...
posted by quonsar at 4:14 AM on April 12, 2007 [2 favorites]
one minute after hitting the post button is not the best time to have discovered this. and the other link spellid it out in plain english. oh wait, perhaps that was the problem...
posted by quonsar at 4:14 AM on April 12, 2007 [2 favorites]
First: damn. But at least he is suffering no more.
Second, for 'honest knave':
Sadly, I've noticed that much reporting, even among the 'big' news sources, takes the form of a report that some other organization has made an actual news report... or even one or two more levels of abstraction. I can only assume that this is in the realm of 'plausible deniability' and 'blame avoidance'... instead of rushing to beat each other to the scoop, they are now competing for the least litigable position. Once upon a time a headline meant that some event worthy of public notice had occurred; now too often the fact that someone was willing to assert that an event has occured (and to potentially face the repercussions of such a statement) is deemed newsworthy in itself.
posted by foobario at 4:14 AM on April 12, 2007
Second, for 'honest knave':
Sadly, I've noticed that much reporting, even among the 'big' news sources, takes the form of a report that some other organization has made an actual news report... or even one or two more levels of abstraction. I can only assume that this is in the realm of 'plausible deniability' and 'blame avoidance'... instead of rushing to beat each other to the scoop, they are now competing for the least litigable position. Once upon a time a headline meant that some event worthy of public notice had occurred; now too often the fact that someone was willing to assert that an event has occured (and to potentially face the repercussions of such a statement) is deemed newsworthy in itself.
posted by foobario at 4:14 AM on April 12, 2007
Vonnegut deserves at least eight death posts.
posted by Kattullus at 4:25 AM on April 12, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by Kattullus at 4:25 AM on April 12, 2007 [1 favorite]
quonsar writes: spellid it out in plain english.
Heh.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:36 AM on April 12, 2007 [1 favorite]
Heh.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:36 AM on April 12, 2007 [1 favorite]
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posted by TechnoLustLuddite at 6:04 AM on April 12, 2007
posted by TechnoLustLuddite at 6:04 AM on April 12, 2007
I was hoping for a good Breakfast of Champions reference, thanks cogat.
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posted by dr_dank at 6:07 AM on April 12, 2007
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posted by dr_dank at 6:07 AM on April 12, 2007
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posted by cogat at 1:39 AM on April 12, 2007