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Has NPR itself done a story on the linking controversy? Not that I know of so far. When I called the office of Nina Totenberg, the legal corresondent, I was told she didn’t have time. But presumably NPR has other good, qualified reporters. The topic is important enough to be covered. If it isn’t covered, then either (1) NPR will provide yet other evidence of cluelessness or (2) we’ll know that NPR refuses to cover itself. Time for the NPR ombudsman to go into the air?

Meanwhile, Jenny Levine, the Shifted Librarian, warns NPR not to “waste their own time and resources tracking links, sanctioning links, and paying lawyers to send threatening letters, all the while becoming the butt of an ever-growing web joke meme. You can bet that every story about linking ever will refer to NPR and that it will become the poster child for web cluelessness.”

Hello, hello, NPR? Librarians and teachers are normally among your biggest fans, and your linking polices are not making them very happy.

 
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