So, after giving it some thought while writing that entry a couple weeks ago, I decided to contact my editors at Decider about that piece on the Counting Crows that found a version with “theme and content similar” published in the Sioux City Journal. Mostly because y’all were pretty convincing, and not doing anything made me feel gross. It escalated to my editor’s editors, who took it to his, and the end result is this post by Jesse Claeys, under whose byline the article in question ran:

An item published in the Heard Mentality blog in March contained a theme and content similar to that published in the article “Counting Crows Are Better Than Your Favorite Band” by Dan Solomon on decider.com. Mr. Solomon should have been given credit in the blog post. The Heard Mentality team regrets the error.

Seeing a “correction” for an “error” of omission isn’t entirely satisfying - since what I wanted was an acknowledgment and an apology - but I guess acknowledging that I should have at least been credited for running a “similar” item under someone else’s name is close enough. (I am kinda curious what that credit might have looked like, in the context of the piece.) At any rate, I guess it’s good to know that my concern about whether or not the punishment that this dude might have to suffer if he got found out would be too severe was unfounded. Or something.

And, if you’re interested in where the similarities between the piece that I wrote and the one that run under Jesse Claeys’ name in the Sioux City Journal begin and end, feel free to take a look.