The BP Board Game Story Leaked and Spread Like
The mainstream news would have you believe that stories originate in the mainstream news and are stolen, without attribution, by bloggers and new media service. The truth is often the opposite. Bloggers and new media services originate many news items that are stolen, without attribution, by the mainstream press.
Bloggers and NMSs, as a rule, write an intro, snip a paragraph or two, attribute, and link. Mainstream press, as a rule, doesn't snip, but they also don't attribute.
Here's how the fairly insignificant discovery of an old story about a BP oil game spread across the internet. Note that I am leaving out another hundred or so blogs, most of whom simply snip and attribute.
| Date | Post | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2 | Reg Hardware (NMS) | Hat tip to "Enzo" |
| Jun 2 | Wordsmoker (blog) | None |
| Jul 5 | Metro (MSP) | None |
| Jul 5 | SWNS (MSP) | None |
| Jul 6 | Gizmodo (blog) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | Kotaku (blog) | Metro, Gizmodo |
| Jul 6 | Saffron Walden Reporter (MSP) | None |
| Jul 6 | Chron (blog on MSP) | Metro, Gizmodo, MSNBC Field Notes |
| Jul 6 | Yahoo News blog (blog on MSP) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | Nola (MSP) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | Think Progress (blog) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | Purple Pawn (blog) | Kotaku [1] |
| Jul 6 | AL.com blog (blog on MSP) | Yahoo |
| Jul 6 | Examiner (blog) | Reg Hardware, Think Progress |
| Jul 6 | WTOP (MSP) | Metro, Gizmodo |
| Jul 6 | Grist (NMS) | Metro, Mother Jones |
| Jul 6 | Mother Jones (MSP) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | Huffington Post (NMS) | Metro, hat tip to Baratunde tweet |
| Jul 6 | CNN This Just In (MSP) | None |
| Jul 6 | MSNBC Field Notes (MSP) | None |
| Jul 6 | alibi (blog) | MSNBC Field Notes |
| Jul 6 | Cambridge News (MSP) | None |
| Jul 6 | Geekosystem (blog) | Metro, Agent M |
| Jul 6 | Agent M (blog) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | GamerCrave (blog) | Metro, Gizmodo |
| Jul 6 | Fox Boston (blog on MSP) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | Escapist (NMS) | Metro, Gizmodo |
| Jul 6 | CNBC Funny Business (MSP) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | ParentDish (blog) | Metro |
| Jul 6 | WIBW (MSP) | None |
| Jul 6 | Good (NMS) | Metro, Treehugger |
| Jul 6 | Treehugger (blog) | Metro, Climate Progress |
| Jul 6 | Climate Progress (blog) | Metro, Think Progress |
| Jul 6 | Daily Tech (blog) | Gizmodo |
| Jul 6 | Neatorama (blog) | Metro, Kotaku |
| Jul 6 | The New Republic (blog) | Metro |
| Jul 7 | Live Oil (blog) | None |
| Jul 7 | Arizona Daily Wildcat (MSP) | CNN This Just In |
[1] Actually, I saw the original Reg Hardware post, but didn't feel that it was important enough to note on PP. After the later flare up, one of the other pawns posted.
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