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Thought the exact same thing, really expected them to mention it too. Not that there's really anything legally wrong with it and they did look at a different an

Thought the exact same thing, really expected them to mention it too. Not that there's really anything legally wrong with it and they did look at a different angle on the story but still.

dalke 10y ago
That MinuteEarth video from 7 July was after Atlas Obscura covered it in May (http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/null-island-is-one-of-the-most-visited-places-on-earth-too-bad-it-doesnt-exist http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/null-island-is-one-of-t... ), which got mentioned on Fark (http://www.fark.com/comments/9138647/Null-Island-is-one-of-most-visited-places-on-Earth-Too-bad-it-doesnt-exist http://www.fark.com/comments/9138647/Null-Island-is-one-of-m... ) and 99% Invisible's tumblr (http://99percentinvisible.tumblr.com/post/144266916879/null-island-is-a-nickname-for-the-spot-on-the http://99percentinvisible.tumblr.com/post/144266916879/null-... ). The piece at AO was in turn a repost of an article Tim St. Onge wrote in April for the Library of Congress blog, at https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2016/04/the-geographical-oddity-of-null-island/ https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2016/04/the-geographical-oddity-o... . The article was further covered by ScienceAlert (http://www.sciencealert.com/welcome-to-null-island-the-most-visited-place-that-doesn-t-exist http://www.sciencealert.com/welcome-to-null-island-the-most-... ) . The WSJ journal is strongly based on the St. Onge's article, including re-use of the depiction of Null Island and quoting St. Onge. It does not contain anything which comes from the MinuteEarth video. It's as if the WSJ and MinuteEarth were independent works based on ideas that were floating around a few months ago, where both sites thought it was worth more coverage. Interesting how these things move around and become part of the zeitgeist, yes? I see no need to cast aspersions upon the WSJ. EDIT: the comments in the LoC article point to a 2009 tweet about Null Island, at https://twitter.com/chriscurrie/status/1546199025 https://twitter.com/chriscurrie/status/1546199025 and that nullisland.com was registered in 2008.
- brokentone 10y ago
  Nice research on the topic! I wish there were a way to algorithmically do this. Cluster content, show on a timeline, show quotes and obvious rewording to make clear what influenced what...

Thought the exact same thing, really expected them to mention it too. Not that there's really anything legally wrong with it and they did look at a different angle on the story but still.

dalke 10y ago

That MinuteEarth video from 7 July was after Atlas Obscura covered it in May (http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/null-island-is-one-of-the-most-visited-places-on-earth-too-bad-it-doesnt-exist http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/null-island-is-one-of-t... ), which got mentioned on Fark (http://www.fark.com/comments/9138647/Null-Island-is-one-of-most-visited-places-on-Earth-Too-bad-it-doesnt-exist http://www.fark.com/comments/9138647/Null-Island-is-one-of-m... ) and 99% Invisible's tumblr (http://99percentinvisible.tumblr.com/post/144266916879/null-island-is-a-nickname-for-the-spot-on-the http://99percentinvisible.tumblr.com/post/144266916879/null-... ). The piece at AO was in turn a repost of an article Tim St. Onge wrote in April for the Library of Congress blog, at https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2016/04/the-geographical-oddity-of-null-island/ https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2016/04/the-geographical-oddity-o... . The article was further covered by ScienceAlert (http://www.sciencealert.com/welcome-to-null-island-the-most-visited-place-that-doesn-t-exist http://www.sciencealert.com/welcome-to-null-island-the-most-... ) . The WSJ journal is strongly based on the St. Onge's article, including re-use of the depiction of Null Island and quoting St. Onge. It does not contain anything which comes from the MinuteEarth video. It's as if the WSJ and MinuteEarth were independent works based on ideas that were floating around a few months ago, where both sites thought it was worth more coverage. Interesting how these things move around and become part of the zeitgeist, yes? I see no need to cast aspersions upon the WSJ. EDIT: the comments in the LoC article point to a 2009 tweet about Null Island, at https://twitter.com/chriscurrie/status/1546199025 https://twitter.com/chriscurrie/status/1546199025 and that nullisland.com was registered in 2008.

brokentone 10y ago
Nice research on the topic! I wish there were a way to algorithmically do this. Cluster content, show on a timeline, show quotes and obvious rewording to make clear what influenced what...