Comments on: HuffPo Scolds Washington City Paper for Linking

By: HuffPo doesn’t like being linked to… really? | DAILYMAIL

HuffPo doesn’t like being linked to… really? | DAILYMAIL — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:41:08 +0000

[...] “HuffPo Scolds Washingon City Paper for Linking,” says a Washington City Paper headline. [...]

By: Gustavo Arellano

Gustavo Arellano — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:34:10 +0000

Give 'em hell, Erik!!!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:26:24 +0000

In the NYTimes article above, Huffington disputes that they asked you to take down the post and the link, but rather only pointed out nicely that the page blog feed was updating and asked that it be removed.

So, would you care to post the email? Is CP way overreacting or is Arianna full of it?

By: HuffPo doesn’t like being linked to… really? | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:03:44 +0000

[...] “HuffPo Scolds Washingon City Paper for Linking,” says a Washington City Paper headline. [...]

By: Mike Licht

Mike Licht — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:45:40 +0000

How many viewers did you send them? Invoice HuffPo for quarterly compensation ($1.98?)on July 1.

By: Will Atwood Mitchell

Will Atwood Mitchell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:07:13 +0000

I kept the page up after April 1 because people thought it was funny and wanted to remember it and occasionally refer to it. If we publish something, and we can keep a record of it, we should. I know we got some laughs out of it and I hope our friends who work at Huffington Post did too. It wasn't meant as a jab, and it's not even in the same ballpark as Amanda's thoughtful, critical article.

By: HuffPo Gets Huffy Over Parody - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

HuffPo Gets Huffy Over Parody - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:14:07 +0000

[...] to the actual Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ was over the line. Gee. Mr. Wemple had some fun with the fat irony of a link-riddled site complaining about a link in a post today. (Thanks to [...]

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:11:05 +0000

Isn't criticizing someone for linking to your (public) web site, kind of yelling at the post office for delivering mail to you? There is no law against linking to another site. This is silly as hell. The correct response for CP now would be to publish a copy of their, er, "stop linking to me" letter, and link to the parody page, their web site, and the page referenced above where they celebrated the joke. And add a big "eff you" to the bottom of the page. Most pathetic, wah-wah-i'm-taking-my-toys-and-going-home response to criticism I've ever seen. Huffpost, you suck.

By: whet moser

whet moser — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:08:10 +0000

I have to say I'm completely confused by their objections. Like, not as in HOW DARE THEY but just on the specifics. They're ok with the parody but not with there being live WCP blog feeds?

By: Brian Nelson

Brian Nelson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:59:20 +0000

Perhaps someone should remind them that they endorsed this joke...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/april-fools-2009-best-pra_n_181568.html

(a little less than half way down the page)

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:24:25 +0000

In hindsight, my "ill-advised paragraph" doesn't seem so ill-advised. HuffPo is ruthless!