Comments on: Comic-Con Looms, Internecine Blog Warfare Follows http://blog.spout.com/2008/07/23/comic-con-looms-internecine-blog-warfare-follows/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:21:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kevin Kelly http://blog.spout.com/2008/07/23/comic-con-looms-internecine-blog-warfare-follows/#comment-108649 Kevin Kelly Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:54:36 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3430#comment-108649 Yeah, I agree with Craig. In fact, even the smaller blog sites are infighting with each over this, famously. It's a fine line when you just repost something you read elsewhere as it is, but without crediting the original, that sucks. Then don't get people started on the "Who Dugg what" monster. Yeah, I agree with Craig. In fact, even the smaller blog sites are infighting with each over this, famously. It’s a fine line when you just repost something you read elsewhere as it is, but without crediting the original, that sucks.

Then don’t get people started on the “Who Dugg what” monster.

]]> By: Craig Kennedy http://blog.spout.com/2008/07/23/comic-con-looms-internecine-blog-warfare-follows/#comment-108623 Craig Kennedy Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:26:23 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=3430#comment-108623 I agree that if Variety gets wind of a story from a blog, courtesy demands they link to it, but how often are these supposed 'scoops' sent to Variety independently by publicists? For many readers, a story lacks a certain legitimacy until it appears in one of the trades. Also, how is a confirmed sequel to 300 even considered a scoop? If a blog reported there would definitely <i>not</i> be a sequel to a hit movie aimed at the fanboy crowd, that would be news worthy. On a related note, the boycott irritates me as a reader. I want links to the original reporting. Whenever someone filters a story, it's always with their own slant and details they don't care about are ignored. I want the original info. I agree that if Variety gets wind of a story from a blog, courtesy demands they link to it, but how often are these supposed ’scoops’ sent to Variety independently by publicists? For many readers, a story lacks a certain legitimacy until it appears in one of the trades.

Also, how is a confirmed sequel to 300 even considered a scoop? If a blog reported there would definitely not be a sequel to a hit movie aimed at the fanboy crowd, that would be news worthy.

On a related note, the boycott irritates me as a reader. I want links to the original reporting. Whenever someone filters a story, it’s always with their own slant and details they don’t care about are ignored. I want the original info.

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