Oh, goodie. Gary Weiss has responded to Cuban’s response to his initial response to Cuban’s ShareSleuth. There’s some good stuff in there. And NYT‘s DealBook chimes in:
Actually, Mr. Weiss’s main complaint is that Mr. Cuban trades on the information before Sharesleuth publishes its articles. Such a practice would be seen as highly unethical at just about any mainstream news operation, where journalists are expected to be dispassionate about their subjects. Having a direct financial stake in the articles published – especially investigative articles that tend to be negative – is about as basic an ethical violation as there can be, whether that stake is disclosed or not.
Snap.
