Ouch
The H-W got thoroughly scooped by its online competitor, QuincyNews.org, today in the breaking story about the state's attorney seeking an attorney general's opinion on the legality of Bud Niekamp's serving on two boards at once.
At first I thought, oh, too bad, the story broke too late for the Whig's print deadline -- but they'll have it on their website. Uh, no. Not only that, but QuincyNews's story was very well done, with a link to the relevant appeals court decision.
BTW, that appeals court decision is pretty darn unequivocal.
At first I thought, oh, too bad, the story broke too late for the Whig's print deadline -- but they'll have it on their website. Uh, no. Not only that, but QuincyNews's story was very well done, with a link to the relevant appeals court decision.
BTW, that appeals court decision is pretty darn unequivocal.
posted by Allthenewsthatfits at 3:04 PM
4 Comments:
Gough scooping them is a normal thing . The Whig must have had everyone covering some highway .
I know it's not uncommon for the media to copy and paste stories that come down from the AP wires, but have you noticed this?
http://www.wgem.com/Global/story.asp?s=10178751
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=286180
Seeing the awkward title "Lawmakers opine in 140 characters or less" on two competing stations' websites shows nothing more than the formula
COPY + PASTE = NEWS.
Doesn't bother me a bit. They're both AP members, and neither tried to pass off the story as locally produced. You gets what you pays for.
Hey, Fits, was passing by and thought I'd let you know you can update your link to Joe Irvin's Blog with this: http://josephus-artworks.blogspot.com/
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