Gone in 60 Seconds

Slate by Nancy Nall Derringer | Mar. 4, 2008 (Editorial)
How my blog started the avalanche that buried presidential aide Tim Goeglein.

Finding the theft took 60 seconds; drafting a post for my blog, about an hour. I held it overnight to give my ex-colleagues a little notice and published it at 7:38 a.m. Friday. It was linked pretty quickly by Romenesko and then by some of the big-traffic amplifiers (Talking Points Memo, Atrios). I figured the story would get some notice, but I was unprepared for the turns it would take. Full Story »

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Subjects: Media, Politics
Topics: Blogs, Ethics in Journalism, Media and Politics
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Posted by: Posted by Tish Grier - Mar 4, 2008 - 8:50 AM PST
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 by Tish Grier - Mar. 4, 2008

Anatomy of how a misspelled name lead to a discovery of plagiarism, a blogstorm, and the takedown of a Presidential aide. Fascinating display of the strange interconnectedness of thing within Google and "hive" journalism.

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 by Cheri Henderson - Mar. 4, 2008

Fascinating account of how a plagiarist got caught in this instant info age LOL

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 by Ann Wilmer - Mar. 4, 2008

It reminds us why we DO sweat the small stuff!

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