Also, am I right in thinking that the picture of the moon in the article is not how we would see it - that's how it I remember seeing it from North America with the 'rabbit' on its side... (our view of the moon is about 90 degrees counter clockwise I think...) Miriam > > From: "Michael Granat" <mgranat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 30/08/2004 12:13:49 > To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: atw: Re: Off Topic. Once in a "Blue Moon" opportunity for Eastern > Australia tonight. > > Well Michael (Lewis), > > Perhaps that's why the ABC News Web site almost never credits its > authors (and its sources apart from its pictures). > > This is a matter (the total failure of that site to credit the sources > of its textual content) that I raised in an E-mail to the ABC's own > Media Watch, back on August 19, when I wrote: > > *************************************************************** > > From: Michael Granat=20 > Sent: 19 August 2004 17:04 > To: 'mediawatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: > Why does the ABC News Web site almost never credit sources? > > With the exception of some 7:30 report articles and the like, sourced > from ABC program content, there is practically no acknowledgement > of authorship of any article on <http://abc.net.au/news/>. > No AAP recognition. Nothing. > > Why not? > > Please ask them for me. > > Too often, news Web sites rehash other people's stories without giving > due credit to the reporters / authors and photographers / illustrators. > > The Fairfax (Age / SMH) Web sites are notorious for this. Wherever > an SMH story is recycled for the Age site, due credit is not given, not > that I use those sites any longer, due to their lack of open Web > standards support, invasive cookies and an insistence on subscribing. > It's far easier, quicker and more usable to simply buy the paper. > > *************************************************************** > > But, maybe, the ABC's (?) reports are only that clumsy once in a > blue moon. ;-) > > ... if only. > > Cheers, > > Michael > > Michael E. Granat > "Qualified Good Tech Writer Dude" > Fellowship of the Ring of Technical Writers, Yeah Baby! > T/as Write Ideas > E-mail: mailto:writeideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web: <http://home.pacific.net.au/~megranat/> > Without Prejudice. > E&OE. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Lewis [mailto:mlewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 30 August 2004 10:57 > To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: atw: Re: Off Topic. Once in a "Blue Moon" opportunity for > Eastern Australia tonight. > > > Michael Granat draws our attention to an ABC news item: > > <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200408/s1187771.htm> > > Am I the only one to be appalled by the poor standard of writing in this = > piece? > > (No, Michael, not yours!) > > > Michael Lewis > > -------------------------------------- > Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia > www.brandle.com.au > -------------------------------------- > > ###################################################################### > Attention:=20 > > The information in this electronic mail is privileged and > confidential, intended only for use of the individual or entity named. > If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, copying or > use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this transmission in error, please delete it immediately from your > system and inform us via e-mail : ops@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal=20 > ###################################################################### > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to > austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to > austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************