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re: First of all, I have never been a journalist. I just think they have a right to be paid.
NetExpert — (archived)

It takes works to mine "blood" diamonds too, so its a good analogy how deBeers is trying to keep them off the market by creating a bad image just as the mainstream media is trying to do with bloggers and discussion boards by referring them to amateurs with less skill then their "talent" has.

It also says a lot about how the mainstream media sees itself by using that term. You don't hear engineers or scientists refer to themselves as the "talent".

And again I don't have a problem with AP charging for its articles, just with charging me for posting a link to them. Advertisers pay on a basis of how many viewers see an article and if they get additional people reading their article on their website from my link I am actually generating more income for them. Same as if I put up a sign in my store encouraging people to see your play at your theater. Maybe small theaters should be charged stores for putting up posters advertising their plays. Its the same theory as AP is trying to apply to links on websites.

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