After my ’small’ grumble about it on Saturday they printed an apology in the 21 September edition.

So, Seth, it seems like SOME traditional media are acknowledging the need to play nice and credit online sources.

See the Grumble and apology.

JimBeam “I’m sure Halle just trolled search engines on the subject to add her “invaluable” input on every blog to support Brandon.”?

No. This is the first and only blog where I showed support for Brandon. I liked its flow, the comments and the fact that it was more personal. I was mad and expressed my thoughts at some of the comments. Freedom of speech:)

Although I have now read the “Brandon” story many times over, in many different versions from all over the world. I have to say that I’m not one to go comment and repeat my self in a useless fashion. The person who matters knows he has a great deal of support from me and everyone around him.

Also,I strongly resent being called possibly his “ex” by the journalist in question. You guys have seen the pictures. If I came out looking like that, the Dr. would have slapped my mama!

The discussion was about the print edition of the Cape Times, not the website. The website is a piece of crap that bears no relation to the print version.

Did you actually read the comment properly? If you did, you would have noticed that the word “tend” was placed before “to avoid”.
Are you familiar with the meaning of the word “tend”? It has a similar meaning to “inclination”.

Go to: 2Oceansvibe Alexa Statistics to see independently assessed statistics for 2Oceansvibe.

Scroll down to the Compare To: box, below the pretty graph you see on Alexa.com with the 2Oceansvibe statistics and then type in capetimes.co.za then click on the Compare button.

Read ‘em and weep.

Your statement that Cape Times circulation “is a third of that at best” is rubbish – if that were true, advertisers would have taken the newspaper to court years ago.

If you avoid them, how do you know they are “quite slow on the pick up”? Make up your mind.

Alan Says:
September 8th, 2009 at 8:05 am
“The Cape Crimes and all other traditional media lose credibility on a daily basis.”

If that’s the case, why do nearly a third of a million Capetonians read the Cape Times daily?

I see no credits for that.

An example: You tell your mate / girlfriend a juicy story and what is the first thing they ask?

“Where did you hear that?”

Why do they ask that question?

Simply because they want to feel confident with your source and pass the message on.

If you refuse to divulge the source of your juicy story then you lose credibility with your friend.

And the upshot of my maudlin tirade?

The Cape Crimes and all other traditional media lose credibility on a daily basis.

A warning to all traditional media and business in general – if you think that you are Number One or refer to yourself as the Mighty (Insert Name Here) or reckon you have learned it all then it is time to get out of the game boys!

From a legal standpoint, news and actuality is generally considered to be in the public domain and you will have a hard time proving any form of copyright. That’s why you won’t see the Cape Times legal department knocking on your door when you print an image or story from their paper. Most bloggers read a combination of traditional and online media outlets and form their own opinion without citing or quoting any sources. This is blogging.

The best they can do is credit you as “2oceansvibe”, but in many cases – they could simply refer to you as a “blogger” or a “website”.

You could of course make a complaint to the Press Council which could force them to print an apology. Worth a shot.
(Just give us a heads up so that we know when to buy the paper!