Fund Issues Attribution
September 11, 2006 on 1:49 pm | In Main, Media |Well, after a couple of weeks away from the office, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund put an attribution at the end of his piece in today’s edition of OpinionJournal.com.
Fund, regular readers of this blog may recall, used some of my material that I had written about President Bush without crediting it to me. The attribution is vaguely worded, but I am satisfied that Fund is willing to set the record straight.
To his credit, Fund was willing to go a lot farther than most in the big media to rectify an issue like this. I have heard several stories of unattributed blog material being incorporated into reporter’s stories. Complaints are typically ignored, I am told. Either that, or getting a tiny clarification from the publication is like pulling teeth.
A story on my controversy written by Gale Toensing of thecornerreport.com and posted on ctnewsjunkie.com contained a comment by a journalist who said his material was lifted by The Hartford Courant. Click here to read his tale of woe.
I commend Fund for his willingess to set the record straight and consider the matter closed.
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Your gentlemanliness can only be attributed to a superior secondary education!
Comment by Jake — September 11, 2006 #
Terry, I agree that Fund did the right thing, and congratulations on getting your name into the Journal! It is always interesting to see our close knit world up here meet up with the national scene. My question is, had he or the WSJ done nothing, what could (or would) you have done? Is there recourse for plagiarism of a blog? Is it prosecutable?
Comment by Peter Halle — September 13, 2006 #
very interesting…
I would call myself a “blogger” and even though “what’s going on here?” is technically a blog…. I would think of you as a journalist or writer, etc.. and never credit you as otherwise.
it just seems wrong for a “political journalist” like fund, to find your material worthy, lift it, and credit you as just a “blogger”.. when he would be insulted by being called the same.
There is a distinction between blogger and journalist.
I think i am begining to sound like Dan Rather.
Comment by fred — September 13, 2006 #
Peter,
We at the Journal would have pursued it. Janet
Comment by Janet Manko — September 15, 2006 #