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A similar thing has happened in the past: >> "Gracia was selected to represented [sic] Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Run & Hide", produ
by paulasmuth 11y ago
A similar thing has happened in the past:
>> "Gracia was selected to represented [sic] Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Run & Hide", produced and composed by David Brandes. After the German national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest it was revealed that Brandes had bought thousands of his own CDs to ensure chart placement, a requirement of the ESC"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracia_Baur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracia_Baur
- mahouse 11y agoInstead of that pedantic "sic" you could have, you know, fixed the article.
- thedufer 11y agoCan you really call it a direct wrote at that point? [sic] is an accepted way to avoid integrity issues when quoting.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoOh this is a common way to get on the NY Times Bestsellers List. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller...
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI think it's pretty well-known that it's an industry-standard practice. Also another point why I treat big classes of businesses as made of greedy dishonest bastards. See also: astroturfing, which is commonly accepted way of being a cheat on the Internet.