5:37 p.m. Pacific time where Kara congratulates herself on her own "exclusive scoop from earlier today" — um, like a full 47 minutes earlier. One thing you have to admire about Kara is that in a blogosphere that all too often resembles an echo chamber, she's managed to cut out the middleman; she just echoes herself. And while others engage in logrolling, Kara keeps it real and rolls her own log. Kara, listen. You're not the story. Bokay? You're the reporter. This isn't about you. It really isn't. Now stop it or I will fly out there and sit you down for a talk. You're getting Mossberg Syndrome, honey, and that's not a good thing.
Real Dan Lyons Web Site 11/17/08 7:22 PM Dan Lyons Tech, Filthy hacks
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Wall Street Journal credits AllThingsD in Jerry Yang resignation scoop
Turns out Kara Swisher was only kidding about asking everyone to give her credit for breaking the Jerry Yang resignation story a full ten minutes before the company announced it. Nevertheless, the Wall Street Journal, which owns Kara's AllThingsD blog, made sure to mention AllThingsD in the fifth graf of its own story about Jerry Yang, saying, the news was first reported on AllThingsD, a Web site owned by Dow Jones & Co.
Real Dan Lyons Web Site 11/18/08 5:45 AM Dan Lyons Tech, Filthy hacks
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Swishergate: New York Times fails to credit AllThingsD for Jerry Yang scoop
See their stunning article here, which makes no mention at all of the fact that AllThingsD broke this huge story a full ten minutes before the company announced it. The nerve of these people! Jesus. FWIW, I've been informed by people close to the situation that the Times reporters did get a note from Kara Swisher chiding them for not giving her credit for the scoop. Just like the one I got. Kara says she was only kidding. Oh, that Kara. What a comedian.
Real Dan Lyons Web Site 11/18/08 5:49 AM Dan Lyons Tech, Filthy hacks
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Yahoo scoop scandal roundup
Turns out hacks left and right are just running with this Jerry Yang resignation story without even mentioning AllThingsD or giving Kara Swisher any credit at all for breaking this story first. Instead, the hacks are all just basing their articles on the Yahoo press release which came out a full ten minutes after the AllThingsD world exclusive scoop of the century. Check out the huge list of hacks who are just going rogue and refusing to credit AllThingsD: SeekingAlpha, no mention; AP, no mention; MarketWatch talks to Wall Street analysts but seeks no comment from AllThingsD; TechCrunch overlooks AllThingsD as well. Goddamn ingrates.
Real Dan Lyons Web Site 11/18/08 7:19 AM Dan Lyons Tech
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Kara Swisher responds in the Real Dan Lyons comments:
How would a snarktastic wonder like you know what a reporter was? I was teasing you, you twit, as you well know (I would dearly love to mangle emails you sent to me recently about your work, but I am too much of a gentleman!). When you come here, we’ll have a “talk” all right–my people like to call it a “sit-down” though. Love and kisses, Kara.
