Electric Cars Still Don’t Make Sense, Especially In Canada

[Markham]

Hi guys

As much as I like my Z, the replacement for our Matrix might be an EV.

http://www.calgarybeacon.com/2010/12/electric-cars-still-dont-make-sense-especially-in-canada/

Markham

[SJW]

Plagarized from:

http://www.troymedia.com/2010/12/13/electric-cars-still-dont-make-sense-especially-in-canada/

[911fever]

complete plagarism wow

[Sugarphreak]

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[speedog]

Not plagiarism as the Beacon did give credit to the author/owner of the article. The real question should be whether or not the Beacon got permission to republish that article.

[kbye]

question is, why is he still allowed to post these damn beacon articles? he works for calgary beacon, does he not? is this not advertising?

[Sugarphreak]

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[J-hop]

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[SJW]

Originally posted by speedog
Not plagiarism as the Beacon did give credit to the author/owner of the article. The real question should be whether or not the Beacon got permission to republish that article.

Ninja Edit in effect after the fact.

[msommers]

Originally posted by kbye
question is, why is he still allowed to post these damn beacon articles? he works for calgary beacon, does he not? is this not advertising?

Some people are so quick to judge motives and throw someone under the bus it's embarassing.

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by SJW


Ninja Edit in effect after the fact.
Really?

If and only if that is indeed true, then WTF? That's pathetic. I dunno if that is true though, most of the articles use that same source (unless he changed it for all of them)

:thumbsdow




Markham began his journalism career writing columns in the mid-1980s for Western People Magazine, then reported for a small Saskatchewan daily. He has spent most of his career in media and communications, likes to dabble in politics, was actively involved in economic development for many years, thinks that what goes on in the community is just as important as what happens provincially and nationally, and has a soft spot for small business (big business, not so much). Markham is a bit of a contrarian and usually has a unique take on the events of the day.
So he began his journalism career writing columns, but now he writes about Citybeat news and copy/paste articles from other local writers? :nut:

[J-hop]

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[spikerS]

Originally posted by J-hop


question (because i don't know much about the beacon), but do you actually pay for it? doesn't appear to be any sort of pay feature, so he isn't really advertising because its free.

Maybe you could argue that by promoting this paper you are indirectly funding them by giving the companies that pay for ad space exposure and subsequently potential income.

But then that would mean anyone posting a link to any free site on the internet that happened to have adverts would in fact be "advertising", how stupid would that be.

he is getting ad click revenue from the adverts on the page. And if his website were to ever become popular, he could sell it for a large sum of money.

[J-hop]

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[kbye]

Originally posted by msommers


Some people are so quick to judge motives and throw someone under the bus it's embarassing.

what's not to judge? :dunno: i've seen people get banned due to advertising. just wondering what makes his case so unique (which was answered). you can be embarassed for me because i'm certainly not :nut:

[TorqueDog]

Originally posted by Markham
Hi guys

As much as I like my Z, the replacement for our Matrix might be an EV.

http://www.calgarybeacon.com/2010/12/electric-cars-still-dont-make-sense-especially-in-canada/

Markham
Originally posted by SJW
Plagarized from:

http://www.troymedia.com/2010/12/13/electric-cars-still-dont-make-sense-especially-in-canada/ Priceless. :rofl:

[corsvette]

Back to the EV question....

I would be more than willing to give a new Chevy Volt a try.

[Zewind]

Originally posted by corsvette
Back to the EV question....

I would be more than willing to give a new Chevy Volt a try.

Try yes - purchase... meh

[revelations]

Good luck when it hits -25.

[01RedDX]

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[Muji]

If I was in Cali, using the eco/car pool lane, sure an electric/hybrid car would be cool. Canada, winter and cheap fuel... not so much of a need.

[bituerbo]

Hi Guys,

Beyond has an "automotive news" section. (http://forums.beyond.ca/category/112/automotive-news/)

bituerbo