When Aggregation News Machines Are Really Humans
theawl.com
A lot of killer lines in Trevor Butterworth's cutting vivisection on the Elizabeth Flock controversy, in which he (correctly I think) lays most of the blame on the Post: "You see, the Post—or any legacy news organization turned aggregator—wants to have its cake and other people’s cake too, and to do so without damaging its brand as a purveyor of original cake."