Whilst I don’t think everything has been resolved (see my final, final post on this matter at my blog!) I thank you, Duncan, for doing this.

That’s all I wanted!

“I have been threatened with being turned into “Andy Merrett flavoured bacon” by another blogger”

It’s like the Sopranos meets Dilbert.

I think here endeth the Riley attack for the time beiing.

5. Redress
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You can judge for yourself whether I was vulgar or defamatory, in my archived copy of my final comment (at least two others were also deleted in a cull of Andy Merrett comments)

Still, that’s nothing: I have been threatened with being turned into “Andy Merrett flavoured bacon” by another blogger)

I sense a reputation coming on…

:)

Oh well… that’s what happens from being too Christian / charitable, or whatever…

Now he’s making up quotes and attributing them to Jason on his blog. I suppose since Jason didn’t engage him in a name calling session, he figures it’s cool to just use a little ‘creative license’ and ‘imagine’ a quote from Miller. The quote ‘example’ wherein Miller (linked to webpronews.com) refers to him as a d!ckhead is pure fiction.

http://www.blogherald.com/2005/09/12/a-quick-guide-to-referencing/#comments

Well, you get an email from him talking about how he’d prefer to discuss this kind of thing out of the public eye – right before he deletes your post.

Between that, Jason’s response and the utterly tasteless rape reference I must say, I have seldom, if ever, seen anybody slaughter their own credibility with as much efficiency and zeal. Really, an impressive display. This must have been what it was like to watch DaVinci paint.

I’ve achieved my first censored blog comment (that I know of).

Mr Riley really doesn’t like me.

That’s OK.

If you are interested in what I wrote on his blog (that I initially linked to from comment 13 here) then I have a copy on my blog. You can find it should you want to read it (along with some other stuff). I won’t directly link as it might be seen as shameless self-promotion or incitement to blogger hatred, or something like that.

What an achievement! :-)

I know what your thought process was behind saying it but you could have used a different analogy to get your point across.

If you run an AP or Reuters wire as a newspaper for example you have to not the source and you actually pay to use it. This guys justs takes stuff and doesn’t give it attribution.

Oh please…

Try looking at your Mortage refinancing blog and then in the mirror. Stop accusing others when you do the same yourself (or someone who “writes” for you does,at least)

I’ve commented on this on your post so won’t go into it at length here.

If you hadn’t mentioned AP here, I’d not have brought it up here, but that goes too far.

PS Yep, Mike, he did: nice appropriate analogy there, eh? Not. Just to divert attention away from the issue by introducing an offensive thought.

If he’s taking pieces from your post which include quotes from others then that’s okay. There’s no real grey area here. It’s black or white: pure editorial content is yours – taking from a press release or another source attributed source is free-for-all.

When I write a post that includes pulling some content from another blog I write it like this:

From Duncan of The Blog Herald (linked):
” and your conent goes there”

or The Blog Herald writes: “….

and I usually attribute the source at the end of each post (ie: via The Blog Herald … or source: The Blog Herald) and it’s all linked so the original author gets due recognition for their work.

I’m yet to see once anyone argue the “AOL Journal Blog” point, including Miller himself, because it cant be defended, it was ripped, plain and simple.

Despite what Miller claims I don’t hold a license on news, I am after all only 1 of millions, but when you start using my words without crediting them I’m entitled to be pissed. He’s a crafy rewriter of words, I’ll give him this, but this time he messed up.

Heres me with my optomistic view of the world again, if others are doing it, it doesn’t make it right. If everyone was raping small children would that make it acceptable. The defence of “Im not alone, everyone else is doing it” never stacks.

Andy, false accuser? prove me wrong and I’ll recant.

As a freelance journalist myself and having worked and seen it all, what Jason says is essentially right. A 1000 journalists (and bloggers) all doing the same story are bound to be similar and there’s a fine line between normal reporting and plagiarizing – although I’ve seen many times a lazy journalist doing a cut and past job from 3 articles to turn in an assignment.

Duncan – another person to add to your list of “100 sacred cows of blogging slammed or similar” – http://www.blogherald.com/2005/09/07/how-not-to-show-appreciation-to-those-who-link/ ;-)

Jason – how about including me as a contributor in WPN … I can write about Internert Home Business – I think you’re really lacking in that department :-) :-)

OK I agree with Jason.

And as for

Good to see it highlighted though – as it doesn’t matter how big and popular you are – you do something like this and you will be caught out and shamed.

I think the same should hold true for false accusers.