Huffington Post "doesn't plagiarize" - they also don't bother getting original quotes
Today the Huffington Post BC edition decided to run a story about what marijuana legalization in Washington State means to BC. Good story! Only, it wasn't theirs.
I think @HuffPostBC owes @metrok8 a partial byline for their lead story http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/07/marijuana-legalization-bc-washington-pot_n_2088388.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-british-columbia
@BrownieScott @HuffPostBC Ha! Awesome. I appreciate them crediting @vancouvermetro in the copy... Dare I hope for a link? ;) jk- Kate Webb takes it well. Scott Brown would prefer not to let it drop.
- @HuffPostBC Story? First half is scalped from Metro. Second half scalped from Langley Times. No original work there are all.
- So I got involved because, well, I like this kind of thing.
@BrownieScott @HuffPostBC Scott, you can't expect 17 yr olds on minimum wage to engage in actual journalism. Much easier to plagiarise.
@chrisparry Unfortunately, plagiarism requires passing off someone else's work as one's own. We give transparent credit @BrownieScott- @HuffPostBC @BrownieScott You mean, fortunately, don't you? It's your get out of jail free card. Did you call anyone for an original quote?
- @chrisparry And we *wish* we could be mistaken for being 17 yrs old these days. Bags under the eyes gives us away however @BrownieScott
- @HuffPostBC @BrownieScott Let's be honest, you guys are basically the Perez Hilton of hard news.
- @HuffPostBC @BrownieScott Of course it doesn't. If it did, you wouldn't steal other peoples work.
- @chrisparry Sorry, meant "unfortunately" because it doesn't support your claim that we plagiarize
- @HuffPostBC Who did you call for a quote? And if the answer is nobody, then you cribbed the work of others.
- @chrisparry Re: original quote. We called Kash Heed & rec'd a full -- & original -- blog post as part of our coverage huff.to/T3bHRF
- Did you get that? They DID get an original quote - it was just on another story, not the one we're actually talking about, that's been their high profile story all day.
- @HuffPostBC Nope. I'm looking at your initial story, no Kash Heed quote there. Just Langley Times and Metro. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/11/07/marijuana-legalization-bc-washington-pot_n_2088388.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-british-columbia
- @chrisparry @ScottieBrown We felt the original quotes were stronger as separate blog post.
- asasfgdjhfladglagsadl! 'While stealing other people's story, we got some quotes and thought, heck, this would make a great story!'
- @HuffPostBC @ScottieBrown So you did original work, just not on the story that you're playing at the top of your page. That's your defense?
- To save you the trouble of looking, that's a Times Colonist story they linked to, which we ran on our wire feed with a link back to the TC and with TC copyright info, and byline credit.
- @HuffPostBC @ScottieBrown That's the issue here: that you don't understand the need for original reporting. We pay for it, you use it.
