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March 11, 2004

Beat Biters

In the 7 months I've tapped into my "reporter" side, competing with wires, dailies, gossip rags, industry trades and the like for news ("information is currency" and blah blah blah), I've learned a tremendous amount about how stories are broken -- and then co-opted, morphed and generally exhumed for one's own means.

Case in point: I did an exclusive interview with P. Diddy, where he revealed this point, among many (but clearly the one to peg the story on). Well, the clever blokes at EUR Web, the english-based celebrity gossip wire (more prolific than cam'ron at the powder factory), picked up my story, made it their own and then sent it out on their wire to a worldwide media syndicate.

Nevermind that they don't credit the source (the mothership), but they straight up invented their own quote: "Not that it will affect the rap community in the way that Jay-Z's retirement did. But I'll be shedding a tear the last time I walk off that stage."

the fuck?!

Posted by joseph at March 11, 2004 12:34 AM | TrackBack

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Hey Joseph,

The good folks at EUR Web copped the "P.Diddy retirement" story from USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-03-08-diddy-main_x.htm

They probably stole some elements from your story, as well, but the quote came from USA Today.

Now if reporter Steve Jones made up the quote, that would be on some Jayson Blair bullshit. But I doubt it.

EUR Web steals from everybody. They don't give proper credit on stories they report from other outlets; and they don't even take the time to proofread/spellcheck their stories.

It's a total wreck over there.

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