March 21st, 2005

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Is Boing Boing Writing for the Vancouver Sun?

Fiona Apple by BoingBoingWhile 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.

Comments: 4 Responses so far

pinder
March 21st, 2005
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

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Mark Yuasa
March 22nd, 2005
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

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Mark
March 22nd, 2005
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.)

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harp
March 22nd, 2005
4:35 pm

have you heard the new Fiona Apple? It’s quite good actually.

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