Media: ‘Word on the Street’ plagiarized by Big City bullies
How many years has the Journal Star been publishing a “Word on the Street” column? Well, I don’t know exactly when, but it was before I started this blog in 2002. And I know that the Chicago Tribune created its “RedEye” edition after I started this blog.
So I was concerned when I encountered this blog on the RedEye Website:
Feh.
I know that “word on the street” is kinda a generic term. But you would have thought a media behemoth the the Chicago Tribume might have done , I dunno, a GOOGLE SEARCH before naming this thing. Perhaps they did, but thought “Pft! What’s a lightweight like the Journal Star going to do? Let ‘em sue.”
Hmmm … now that I think about it, it does kinda suck that the Journal Star would name a weekly column about local politics “Word on the Street” when there’s been a newspaper in Peoria for decades called the “Word.” Well, first, it was “West Bluff Word,” but now it’s called “The Community Word.”
So, I guess the PJS wouldn’t have a leg to stand on if they complain to the Chicago Tribune, after all.
But I wouldn’t advise Word publisher Debbie Adlof to sue the Journal Star. She might win and end up owning the damn thing. With shares selling for 6 cents each, that’s not a good thing.
