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Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is a dumb question. What do you think about the way a newspaper article is quoted in this blog?

Blog Quoting the Online NewsPaper
vtgovworkers.blogspot.com/2009/02/governor-douglas-to-get-discretion-over.h...

Original Story in Online Newspaper
timesargus.com/article/20090205/NEWS01/902050353/1002/NEWS01

Thank you in advance for any thoughts or information you can share.

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  1. JacobDiv
    now please, I only need a few checks on this, don't all 10,000 members go responding at once like this, it will bring the server down. jk
  2. polybore
    No it is not ok. There is no comment on the quote, it is just a straight reprint.
  3. PetLvr
    I see absolutely nothing wrong with that ...

    If anything it is the original story without the source links FAIL.
    1. polybore
      But why not just a link to the original article? There is no point republishing it.
    2. PetLvr
      I think it's okay to post 2-3 paragraphs and then redirect people to the original source - unless the original source is 2-3 paragraphs in total length

      Newspapers write stories .. Blogging is about passing along links.
  4. JP2112
    There is a link to the source at the bottom of the quote.

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