Newspaper cannibal hypocrisy
There's been a bit said lately about newspapers wanting to protect their content from online "predators", copyright, charging for reuse, etc.
Most of the noise has come from frustrated newspaper executives and their reporting hacks, targeting Google News and onlines news sites like Business Spectator and Crikey.
It was amusing therefore to see one of Australia's major newspaper publishers eating their own this morning.
The Herald Sun broke the terrible story about "Victoria's Fritzl", the Morwell man charged with repeated sexual assault of his daughter over 30 years.
The Age online earlier today ran a story reporting "claims" from the Herald Sun. There were no links though.
Who's the cannibal now?
At least Google News and the others provide a link.
Previously, if a paper was scooped they would look for a fresh angle and source their own material before publishing.
Now they just pinch it off the opposition, sometimes with acknowledgement, sometimes not.
My paper has had stories reworked by rival media, most recently the "Mad Max" yarn.
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