The Lakewood Scoop, in a post today writes:
By Shmuel Musket: Some of you may have heard of the —— Network Site, who claim to be ‘The Jewish World @ Your Fingers”. What you may not realize is that aside for them directly taking articles from TLS, VIN, YWN, APP and other reputable sites and claiming it to be theirs, (including taking photos and videos from the above sites and watermarking them with their logo) they have begun brainwashing our youth and Frum community with “Dating Tips”, Shomer Negiah, ” Scandals” (recent Monsey scandal) and other issues I do not want to write on your site. However, they are done in a very “Kosher” and deceiving way, claiming it comes from Rabbonim and ”Da’as Torah”, so as not to think it originates from their “Torahdik” site.
Oh, I forgot, the site mentioned a few months back claiming the site got a Haskamah from One of the BMG Rosh Hayeshivos, Rav Shlomo Miller Shlita and others. It was verified to be false and it was never addressing the website.
This past week, the site claimed to have shown Rabbi Sterbuch Shlita a letter regarding the Dibbuk, it has turned out to be a letter from VIN News, which VIN had shown the Rav, but they nevertheless claimed it to be theirs and again falsely claimed to have contacted Da’as Torah.
I contacted the site, asking them which Da’as Torah was consulted on a specific Dating article, their answer was Rabbi so and so. I then contacted the Rav asking if anyone consulted him about the article, which feeds our children and adults with such private marital and dating issues. The Ravs answer was ” Absolutely not. And if someone would have showed me that article posted on a site, I would have called a Kol Korah to shut them down”. However, being that it supposedly came from Da’as Torah, it’s ok for them to publish any issue they’d like. This is downright unacceptable.
Now, don’t misunderstand me. I am not trying to limit healthy discussion and give-and-take, but those who allow the talking about the above mentioned inappropriate topics in a frum forum, should be held accountable for it.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank TLS, YWN and VIN for providing truly Kosher news and not degrading, or falsely quoting, Da’as Torah.
Shmuel MusketThe site they're referring to is Matzav.com, a company I once wrote about.
Interestingly, they claim that Matzav plagiarizes content from The Yeshiva World, VIN and others. A funny argument, if you ask me, since these respective websites copy most of their content themselves from other sources. Read the comments there for more.
See here for the the Matzav version:
Editor’s Note: Despite threats by a particular blog to do damage to Matzav.com as a result of publishing the wonderful article below earlier today, we have, at the advice of those who guide us, kept this posted because of the vital issue it addresses. Attempts at pure defamation and the spreading of total falsities about Matzav.com will not detract from our determination to stand up for what is right. It should be noted that what is written below is neither groundbreaking nor revolutionary, but, rather, common sense and normative hashkafa.
By Shmuel MiskinFunny how they have similar names, Shmuel Musket and Shmuel Miskin. Jewish geography, anyone?
2 comments:
I'm glad you cited YWN (and others) as a less than credible source of ethical behavior.
The were posting articles without permission for a very long time. They ignored cease and desist letters after more informal contact from both Jewish and non Jewish content providers and finally straightened up when threatened with legal action.
The defense of 'mimeg ganvenen fun a ....si do heterm far dem loses a lot of shine in daylight.
VIN YWN & TLC for a few dollars you could get them to post whatever you want, I myself once used their services to my benefit, I even had them moderate all coments to my benefit I am still laughing at the world who buys their bent articles.
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