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Oh, dear.
Wong Chun Wai says in his ON THE BEAT column (Page 29, Sunday STAR, today): “Bloggers are no longer just posting their comments but are also breaking news on their blogs”.
But Datuk, looks like the STAR has copied an exclusive on Rocky Bru’s blog but did not give him any acknowledgement. Is this a habit or has it become a policy? - To copy a story when bloggers break it and then to work on it, and later pretend as if it is their own story?
I think it’s cheap lah.
The story concern (on Page 16, of the Nation section of the STAR) was about Wan Hamidi Hamid being hired by Penang CM Lim Guan Eng - Journalist may become CM’s political sec.
Rocky first broke the story on his “First Class CM flies economy class?” post on May 3 @ 3.08pm. The STAR also carried the story on the economy flight on the same page (N16). I first read this story on Anil Netto’ blog.
STAR did mention the blog that carried the story, albeit briefly, without even mentioning the name of the blog, which is Mr. Manager; and the story headline “Have you seen a Chief Minister sit in Economy Class? I have“.
Tsk. Tsk. What standards is the STAR promoting? And yesterday, was International Press Freedom Day.
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