Sitefinder fan - this guy needs a clue.

Wed Oct 8 16:55:56 UTC 2003

At 9:29 AM -0700 10/8/03, Owen DeLong wrote:
>On the CNET article that ZDNET seems to have copied lock stock and barrel,
>he did actually identify himself as a Verisign VP in the by line.  As such,
>I think this is ZD's fault, not McLaughlin's.  I don't have any love lost
>for Verisign, but, I think we need to be very careful to stick to criticisms
>that can stick to them.  Otherwise, they will divert attention to our false
>claims and use them to prove that we are the net.kooks they are trying to
>make us out to be.
>
>Owen
>
In the news/media business, focused complaints to an editor (or 
ombudsman when one exists) about unfair/inaccurate attribution tend 
to get noticed.  In such a communication, identify only enough about 
the story that it's clear an attribution was omitted or only one side 
is being presented.