I think Felix Salmon's response was a good defense of the old media: http://felixsalmon.tumblr.com/post/18191067872/the-wall-street-journal-is-fucking-bullshit

I think Felix Salmon's response was a good defense of the old media: http://felixsalmon.tumblr.com/post/18191067872/the-wall-street-journal-is-fucking-bullshit http://felixsalmon.tumblr.com/post/18191067872/the-wall-stre... New media is obsessed with credit and scoops. You can claim this is a moral thing, but I'd more likely attribute it to finance. New media makes all its money off clicks and views rather than subscriptions, so flash in the pan scoops are much more profitable for them than old media. It isn't incumbent on a journalist to indicate where all everything that contributed to an article came from (that is strictly in a "nice to have but not essential" category), just ensure all the information they provide is cited. The OP's article is a dicer situation of clear plagiarism, but I think new media has a dollar sign sized chip in its shoulder about linking and credit.