tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post4749281154935395397..comments2024-03-28T22:51:22.174-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Combest: Newspapers should cite blogs when they provide informationRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-83773967852648253582008-03-14T05:39:00.000-07:002008-03-14T05:39:00.000-07:00Of course - blogs should be cited, by journalists,...Of course - blogs should be cited, by journalists, and also (even more important) in an academic context.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people (including lawyers, publishers, editors) now use <B>WebCite (http://www.webcitation.org)</B>, which allows anybody to take a stable snapshot of any URL, which will be permanently preserved (WebCite is a member of the International Internet Preservation Consortium). Gunther Eysenbach MD MPHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418681005679727986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-52043952734083745882006-09-14T03:33:00.000-07:002006-09-14T03:33:00.000-07:00Good point, they should cite other newspapers when...Good point, they should cite other newspapers when they do the same!Branson Missourihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881254309349130491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-88275016457000446982006-09-13T15:54:00.000-07:002006-09-13T15:54:00.000-07:00I will agree with not the first commenter, but if ...I will agree with not the first commenter, but if a blog breaks a story through digging through documents, or through any other kind of enterprise reporting, then newspapers should at least note who originally published the story. That is common courtesy and it is the way it is done at ethical media outlets. The second commenter also makes a valid point, and I have never claimed that. Stories to Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-25784902439246972102006-09-13T15:43:00.000-07:002006-09-13T15:43:00.000-07:00When bloggers start citing their sources, then jou...When bloggers start citing their sources, then journalists should do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-50347709179010095642006-09-13T15:38:00.000-07:002006-09-13T15:38:00.000-07:00Just because a story appears in a newspaper after ...Just because a story appears in a newspaper after a blog doesn't mean that the blog was the source or the inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-29253883370649493582006-09-13T12:57:00.000-07:002006-09-13T12:57:00.000-07:00They should not be using blogs as a source. If th...They should not be using blogs as a source. If the read information on a blog they should research that information and confirm it themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com