It
frustrates KLIN's Jack Mitchell (of
Jack & John in the Morning fame) that a local newspaper likes to
cite the show in articles as "a radio talk show". That's it. Not as "a radio talk show on KLIN", nor are any other descriptors provided so you could actually search out the source if you wanted to. Just "a radio talk show". He's right to be annoyed.
It's particularly obnoxious when you consider that Jack's show forms the entire foundation for the local newspaper's front page, above-the-fold article today. This isn't a minor piece of news buried on B5. This is something important. The message is that a columnist at the newspaper is willing to let others do a big chunk of her work, but she isn't willing to credit them for it. I'm not sure what journalistic ethics say about that, but in the world of blogging such a thing will get you widely chastised. And rightfully so.
I have always used local media sources as the foundation for much of the content I publish here on Lincolnite, and I have always tried to give credit where credit is due. Perhaps I've been too generous. Perhaps as an experiment I will begin referring to some of my sources as, for example, "a local newspaper". It's worth a try. If it works for a local columnist and her employer, it can work for me.