Study Concludes That Many Top News Sites Don't Do RSS Well

STUDY CONCLUDES THAT MANY TOP NEWS SITES DON'T DO RSS WELL
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher]
A new study from the International Center for Media and Public Agenda, looking at 19 top news sites, concludes that RSS feeds work very poorly for anyone who uses news for more than infotainment. Rather than RSS, the study found, casual news consumers users should just stick with Google's Top Stories. "The problem," the study concludes, "is that many news outlets don't want to share all the news that's on their site -- especially stories that are not staff-written or produced. One reason may be that such stories, such as those by AP or Reuters, don't carry the 'brand' of the news organization. But without those stories, many RSS feeds are not truly delivering news 24/7 and, in addition, lack the breadth of news their home sites deliver."
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* International News and Problems with the News Media’s RSS Feeds
http://www.icmpa.umd.edu