Because that’s the accusation now being made against a new Arianna Huffington/HuffPost spin-off venture.
HuffPost Editor Jonah Peretti says, no, it’s all a big misunderstanding, that HuffPost is just trying to send traffic in the direction of The Onion and alt-weekly Chicago Reader, among others.
Bullshit in spades. Both of those folks are plenty big enough, and at least the The Onion, have had well-established website presences long enogh before Arianna came along, they don’t need HuffPost’s “help.”
Also, people who complain about this and similar shenanigans at HuffPost are getting cybercensored.
I hope the scandal “helps” HuffPost continue to tumble down the stairs of worthwhileness (as it already has), with a good, swift cyberkick in Arianna’s solar plexus.
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December 21, 2008
Doesn’t the Greek Goddess have the money not to fund plagiarism?
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