Blogging Etiquette Tips For McIlheran

Seeing as how Sir Shorewood hath stolen one of my posts for this evening, I wouldst like to point out to McIlheran some basic etiquette tips in the fine art of blogging.

As my illustrious knight hath pointed out, Sykes linked to an article out of an English paper, describing the alleged perils of nationalized health care. One can tell that Sykes did this early in the morning, as that his first lemming commented at 8:42 a.m.

We can also see that McIlheran posted on the same subject at 11:31 a.m. He goes on with what I am sure he considers witty banter about the same exact article. At the end of his post, McIlheran adds, seemingly like an afterthought, that another blogger, one he considers enlightening for rubbish like this, "notes this story, too."

This other blogger, the charm school dropout, wrote his post sometime after Sykes, but before McIlhran's, judging by the timing of his first commenter's entry.

While it may be possible that McIlheran had somehow found this article, from an English paper, on his own and posted it before realizing it. It is much more likely however, that McIlheran simply noted either Sykes' post or this other person's post, and wrote his own spin.

Proper protocol would indicate that McIlheran should have acknowledged his source. If he noticed it first on Sykes' site, Sykes should have been give the accreditation. If he saw it on the other site first, he would have noticed the prominent "H/T Sykes" that this person used, at the top of his post. Thus it would have been more appropriate to say something to the effect of "Charlie found this article" or "On Sykes' post..." with a tip of the hat to the other blogger.

I guess that, just like with thieves, there is no honor among right wing bloggers.