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So what? Whether or not you give someone credit for their work or provide evidence for a claim you make is not contingent on your audience's having immediate ac
by obstacle1 11y ago
So what? Whether or not you give someone credit for their work or provide evidence for a claim you make is not contingent on your audience's having immediate access to the fulltext of your source. If the source exists, you cite it, and link to it -- period.
- Jemmeh 11y agoIt's not about the audience not having access. It's that the reporter is getting access without having ever paid for it. (Pirating, reading from another article, etc)
- obstacle1 11y agoNobody could ever prove how the author accessed it. It just isn't even an issue, legally or otherwise. Setting aside the fact that it is a non-issue, in any case many news agencies have various DB subscriptions, most public libraries have DB access, most universities have 'reader' accounts which grant access to these DBs for like $100 a year, etc. Any reporter who wants to access an article legitimately can easily do so. Else, they really do not belong in the profession of journalism, which relies on practitioners being resourceful and researching things in order to convey accurate information to others.
- Jemmeh 11y agoShoot. I could have sworn this thread was nested under Balgair's comment about journals that charge $70 per paper. I must have misread something.