Posted on 09/23/2010 1:06:39 PM PDT by Rufus2007
It appears that the Huffington Post isn’t just upsetting people for its often uncouth and liberal take on the day’s news. Now people are getting irritated with its willingness to reprint other outlet’s content with offering minimal credit.
And so goes the view of former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie, Jr., author of “The Rules of the Game” During his remarks at the James Cameron Memorial Lecture at London’s City University on Sept. 22, Downie gave his view of “the new news” and offered a harsh critique of the Huffington Post. He explained operations like HuffPo operate on the cheap.
“This follows, in a way, the model of national Internet news aggregators like Huffington Post,” Downie said. “They confine their costs to minimal staffing necessary to operate the websites and edit content.”
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Not only that, Huffington Post should pay Sarah Palin and Glen Beck royalties on the money they make off of sensationalist stories about them and their families.
Doesn’t HuffingandPuffing have a front row seat at WH briefings?
The fringiest of wingnuts inhabit HuffPo. I go there to get affirmation that liberals are the most intollerant, hate-filled group on the planet. They cheer for Muslims, Obama and Bill Maher, while deriding anything conservative. It is truly a habitat for the hypocrit progressives.
Huff ‘n Stuff.
Libs eating their own. How delicious!
Where does Huffington Post get its name? Related to that huffington person in any way?
Yeah - Ariana started it years ago, but it's gone left-wing in the last 8 years .................... FRegards
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