Is Boing Boing Writing for the Vancouver Sun?
While enjoying my Mango Crunch cereal this morning, I was leafing through the Vancouver Sun. Muttering to myself as I usually do when reading the paper (”old news”, “press release”, “old news”, “that’s pants”, etc), I was surprised to see BoingBoing.net credited with writing an article on Fiona Apple’s bootlegged album. Have they started putting their content on a wire service?
Upon further investigation, I see it was an error by the Vancouver Sun. They probably read this piece on Boing Boing, and followed the link to the San Fracisco Gate. Then they mis-credited Boing Boing instead.
If you ever had any doubts whether the old media was monitoring the new media for ideas, here’s a great example.
March 21st, 2005 at 2:57 pm
this is interesting, because many times I’ve read the “Notes” blurb sidebar on section B and it frequently lists items that were on boing boing the previous day
March 22nd, 2005 at 12:40 am
That’s hilarious. Can old media get any lazier?
Don’t get me wrong. Newspapers have their place, at least until we get OLED digital “papers.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED
March 22nd, 2005 at 1:21 am
Given the Sun’s general lack of original content, is this any surprise? (I think I’ve moaned about the percentage of AP/CanWest News Service pieces in there before.)
March 22nd, 2005 at 4:35 pm
have you heard the new Fiona Apple? It’s quite good actually.