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• cedichou commented on The Chronicle/Gate's Contradictory Views Regarding "Credit" And Linking
  I am rooting for a Hulk-smashing-the-Chron trilogy....
• bloomsm commented on The Chronicle/Gate's Contradictory Views Regarding "Credit" And Linking
  Seems like, as a user, the only thing I could add is that I'm not interested in "news" that the Chronicle regurgitates from another site. But, I'm also not interested in receiving footnoted or reference-laden articles, for ease of use. I do appreciate cited sources when the Chronicle is not relying on its own interviews or leg work, but the standards these days are such that I (reflexively) question stories that cite "Chronicle sources". this is a super-inside newsroom concern....
• Akit commented on The Chronicle/Gate's Contradictory Views Regarding "Credit" And Linking
  I had a suspicion that the Chronicle/SFgate was also using some of my material. One in particular was when I published on my blog on May 7th about cell phones being tested to pay for BART rides when Translink was on the horizon. Since I got information from Brittney Gilbert's "Eye on Blogs" posting (on May 6th), and I gave her the appropriate credit for her work. Then on May 18th, I noticed a posting from "Matier & Ross" talking about BART's cell phone experiment and the Translink program. Strangely, the press conference with BART's James Fang doing the demonstration...
• milkcluber commented on The Chronicle/Gate's Contradictory Views Regarding "Credit" And Linking
  What I'd really like to see is attribution to political consultants and hit men when they plant stories for their clients, like Gary South in Carla's frequent reports on Jerry Brown, or laudatory reports on Newsom. Why give cover to paid flacks?...