Sunday, 6 June 2010

How the Mainstream Media stole Danny Sullivan's story without credit

Danny Sullivan, of Search Engine Land, discovered a lawsuit filed against Google by a woman who says Google Maps caused her an injury. Sullivan wrote it up here.

The story goes viral – but few media outlets credit Sullivan, even though they use his graphic and his copy of the statement of complaint. It is a lack of professionalism in the media but does it come from laziness or from a disrespect of online media? Sullivan tracks down the culprits.