Our old pal Eklund is getting some more ink and pixels today, as Christopher Hutsul of the Toronto Star examines the record of the anonymous one with furrowed brow:
What we do know about Eklund
October 31st, 2005
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Maybe Eklund will have less time to write now that hes a backup for the Lightning.
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20052006/ES020163.HTM
I almost asked the Sportsnet guys how they feel about having Eklund as a part of their team but I chickened out.
I really think that if Hutsul wants to, as you say, pose the exact same question as you did, he should at least reference your site. It’s not really fair to think that just because it’s ‘only a blog,’ that proper attribution is unnecessary.
One of the best things that can come from things like the Toronto Star’s foray into hockey blogging with The Hockey page is to give blogs some sort of credibility and status with the mainstream media.
Unfortunately, people like Eklund, who don’t attempt to uphold any standards of accuracy, are only going to further marginalize bloggers in the minds of ‘traditional journalists.’