Wiretap

[JGeils]

Shouldn't you be at least linking to the newspapers or media outlets that are providing you with the content necessary to create a feature like the Wiretap?

That way, we get to see if you're quoting someone's work out of context, as is often the case with the Wiretap.

[JGeils]

I just think that, when a news organization takes the time and money to work an report on a story, and you cut and paste part of that story on YOUR site that YOU make money from with traffic gained from THEIR work, the least you should do is take a link to drive some traffic back toward their site with a simple link.

How would RealGM feel if I started cutting and pasting some mock draft capsules at Yahoo! with no link to the actual column? Just an italicized "source: RealGM" with no actual link to the site? I'd think they'd be up in arms, and rightfully so.

Maybe it's time to do that.

[dockingsched]

realgm does link to the original articles. all you have to do is click on the "read the full story" link.

my problem with the wiretap is that they misquote people all the time. take the vujacic article for example, the article never mentions vujacic calling the celtics too tough, but there it is in the wiretap. i know the article that it links to is actually titled "vujacic: celtics play too tough" but i look at other headlines in the wiretap and they aren't the same as the article's title.

it happened with a larry hughes article where the wiretap headline made it seem like he didn't care about winning when that was far from the truth of the article. is there any quality control?