Wow. Not even a link-back, Statesman? Look, I understand that there's a fair amount of quotation and "borrowing" when it comes to blogging, but you pretty much ripped off A Hamburger Today/Serious Eats' Fatty Melt article and image. There's fair use and then there's something else. Learn to blog, old media.
Update (5:50 p.m. ET): The Statesman has complied with my request that it remove the recipe from its site. Thanks for your support in the comments here. No need to email the folks there now, but thanks for the sentiment. Here's a screenshot of the offending article for those of you coming late to the party.
Real nice. I wonder what other ethics they apply to their reporting. It is Idaho's "#1 Website For News and Information", after all. Actually signed up and gave my email address just so I could comment on the article and call them out. Still not up yet, though. Mysterious...
Wow. I clicked away to compose an email to the Statesman, come back and you all have chimed in here and have got our back! Awesome. Thank you. No need to email anyone there anymore. They've taken down the article.
I haven't heard back from them, but I'd imagine it's a case of clueless old-media journalists just not knowing what they're doing when it comes to the web. You've seen it on other mainstream media sites--the flailing attempt at going online to recapture some of their fast-disappearing advertising revenue.
Some are better at the online game than others. Some get it, some don't.
@Trikki427: I hope nobody gets fired over that. I'm hoping it was just an honest mistake -- someone not understanding the protocols of blogging, etc. I'd feel bad if someone lost a job because of something so inconsequential as the Hamburger Fatty Melt.
@Adam...The Hamburger Fatty Melt is far from inconsequential. It shook the hamburger world with its gargantuan goodness. The ripped-off article is proof positive.
No, Adam. Just because it involves newfangled technology doesn't mean the ethics aren't clear. Plagiarism is plagiarism. You're being very gracious, but the triviality of the Hamburger Fatty Melt doesn't make it less dishonest.
For the record, the SE article linked from this post isn't the article that was plagiarized. It took me a while to figure that out. In fact, I had to search SE to find the plagiarized article.
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Wow. Not even a link-back, Statesman? Look, I understand that there's a fair amount of quotation and "borrowing" when it comes to blogging, but you pretty much ripped off A Hamburger Today/Serious Eats' Fatty Melt article and image. There's fair use and then there's something else. Learn to blog, old media.
16 Comments:
That's just messed up.
Raphael at 4:55PM on 11/06/08
How bad are we allowed to cuss on here? lol
Tahitinova at 4:58PM on 11/06/08
He is even using parts of the article written in first person, pathetic.
Tahitinova at 5:03PM on 11/06/08
I had the impression that your name was supposed to be a link. Just giving the benefit of a doubt. Otherwise, total rip-off.
PerkyMac at 5:05PM on 11/06/08
the bast@rds!! downright plagiarism, i say....
dozertx at 5:09PM on 11/06/08
Real nice. I wonder what other ethics they apply to their reporting. It is Idaho's "#1 Website For News and Information", after all. Actually signed up and gave my email address just so I could comment on the article and call them out. Still not up yet, though. Mysterious...
mphatic at 5:16PM on 11/06/08
We actually made these last night... quite possibly one of the best sandwiches I've EVER had.
jimbojones at 5:30PM on 11/06/08
A call for all readers to e-mail everyone in the newsroom of this publication: http://custserv.idahostatesman.com/contacts/newsroom.php
hmcnally at 5:42PM on 11/06/08
The link is 404 now.
feelgood at 5:48PM on 11/06/08
*Somebody's* gonna get fired today. Now that newsroom can save $30 K next year, for sure!
Trikki427 at 6:03PM on 11/06/08
Wow. I clicked away to compose an email to the Statesman, come back and you all have chimed in here and have got our back! Awesome. Thank you. No need to email anyone there anymore. They've taken down the article.
I haven't heard back from them, but I'd imagine it's a case of clueless old-media journalists just not knowing what they're doing when it comes to the web. You've seen it on other mainstream media sites--the flailing attempt at going online to recapture some of their fast-disappearing advertising revenue.
Some are better at the online game than others. Some get it, some don't.
Adam Kuban at 6:07PM on 11/06/08
@Trikki427: I hope nobody gets fired over that. I'm hoping it was just an honest mistake -- someone not understanding the protocols of blogging, etc. I'd feel bad if someone lost a job because of something so inconsequential as the Hamburger Fatty Melt.
Adam Kuban at 6:09PM on 11/06/08
So wrong. Glad they took it down.
@Adam...The Hamburger Fatty Melt is far from inconsequential. It shook the hamburger world with its gargantuan goodness. The ripped-off article is proof positive.
holdthemayo at 6:57PM on 11/06/08
No, Adam. Just because it involves newfangled technology doesn't mean the ethics aren't clear. Plagiarism is plagiarism. You're being very gracious, but the triviality of the Hamburger Fatty Melt doesn't make it less dishonest.
benzado at 6:57PM on 11/06/08
For the record, the SE article linked from this post isn't the article that was plagiarized. It took me a while to figure that out. In fact, I had to search SE to find the plagiarized article.
stu_spivac at 10:50PM on 11/06/08
@stu_spivac: Sorry about that, correct link is up now!
Robyn Lee at 7:46AM on 11/07/08