Friday, May 18, 2012

Washington times plagiarism

  • During his long career, Arnaud de Borchgrave, a one-time Newsweek correspondent and editor, has earned his share of laurels. Fellow journalist Theodore H. White has called him one of Americas great foreign correspondents.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • a fact the Washington Times' leadership tried to sweep under the rug, according to insiders at the paper. The Washington Post's Erik Wemple first noticed de Borchgrave's apparent plagiarism on Wednesday, but there are plenty more examples.
  • (Salon)
  • In a new column about the recent resignation of Washington Post blogger Elizabeth which Wemple noted is of course time-consuming. None of that, Wemple wrote, excuses errors or plagiarism.
  • (Poynter.org)
  • Yesterday afternoon WaPo Opinion Media writer Erik Wemple reported on TWT and UPI Columnist Arnaud de Borchgrave's questionable attribution habits.
  • (Mediabistro.com)
  • The plagiarism allegation originated with Aaron Douglas and found that portions of Land's commentaries were taken word for word from columns in the Washington Times and Washington Examiner.
  • (Chicago Tribune)
  • WASHINGTON -- For those in political circles "For the 'vettees,' the process can appear ad hoc, opaque and at times capricious [and] without precedent in their political experience," he added.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • There is no resolution on the table at this time, but we hope to get something done quickly identified the three as regularly selling used items. Records from the Washington County Jail indicate the players have a court hearing on Monday.
  • (Bama fan charged with battery - Scout.com)
  • Janet Cooke, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for her Washington Post story More recently, in 2003, New York Times reporter Jayson Blair was forced to resign after the paper discovered plagiarism and fabrication in his stories.
  • (Forbes)
  • He continued with verbatim words taken without attribution from a Washington Timesarticle Two days later he issued an apology for the plagiarism, making no mention of the content. That same day Land wrote Dr.
  • (Examiner)
  • Plagiarism perhaps She said it was only a matter of time before she made a third one; the pressures were just too great.
  • (Boing Boing (blog))

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