Journalism not in the public interest: WSMV

It may seem a small matter to you, but seeing the website for Nashville TV station WSMV reprint as a news story a promotional press release from scam site poetry.com blew me away.

Have we become so lazy in this day of spoon-fed news that supposed "news" sites are content to reprint anything that is offered as a way to fill space and add links?

No reputable writer in the world supports poetry.com, which scams young and often untalented poets out of their cash by offering cash prizes in exchange for you submitting your works then buying copies of books including anything and everything submitted by others.

For decades they have been a well-known fraud perpetuated against gullible young writers, and to have a "news" organization just post their press release as news is shocking and insulting. What next? Manufacturing the news? (Oops, I spoke too soon, Fox...)

Someone needs to wise up these yokels to their responsibility to get it right and not serve as recruiters for confidence schemes.