Dan Gillmor on Nostr: When you point to an article in the media, please double check that you are not ...
When you point to an article in the media, please double check that you are not pointing to a clickbait-generating rewrite of someone else's article.
Today's egregious example (of many we could find) is a Daily Beast ripoff of a local news report from Iowa.
Original: https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-indianola-school-official-apologizes-for-using-quote-of-the-day-tied-to-nazis/45898445#
DB: https://www.thedailybeast.com/iowa-school-district-apologizes-after-emailing-nazi-quote-of-the-day
At least the gave the Iowa piece a link.
Please look for -- and link to -- the original work. Only takes a few seconds extra, and it's the right thing to do.
Today's egregious example (of many we could find) is a Daily Beast ripoff of a local news report from Iowa.
Original: https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-indianola-school-official-apologizes-for-using-quote-of-the-day-tied-to-nazis/45898445#
DB: https://www.thedailybeast.com/iowa-school-district-apologizes-after-emailing-nazi-quote-of-the-day
At least the gave the Iowa piece a link.
Please look for -- and link to -- the original work. Only takes a few seconds extra, and it's the right thing to do.