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Writer Dan Cassavaugh justifiably accused Stanford University student newspaper The Stanford Review of plagiarism, iMediaEthics has found.
In a tweet that Jim Romenesko picked up, Cassavaugh claimed The Stanford Review... |
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Why do an exclusive interview for your front-page if you can just steal it from another newspaper? That's what the New York Post did with the New York Times' interview of former U.S. congressman and possible NYC... |
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Chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall apologized after the Washington Post discovered that her forthcoming book, Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the World of Plants, co-written by Gail Hudson, fails to attribute "at... |
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Book publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it will yank Jonah Lehrer's 2010 book How We Decide from the shelves, Michael Moynihan reported for the Daily Beast.
Moynihan exposed Lehrer's fabrication in his... |
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The Knight Foundation paid $20,000 for Jonah Lehrer to speak about his plagiarism and fabrication scandal earlier this week.
As iMediaEthics has written, last summer Lehrer resigned from the New Yorker and was fired from... |
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After learning its Jan. 12 story on the Panama Canal contained plagiarism, The Washington Post apologized and reportedly suspended the reporter, William Booth, for three months. Despite two separate anonymously-sourced... |
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The Standard was not the only media outlet to get tangled up in the Mike Tyson sex change story. SpyGhana, which describes itself as "Ghana's leading general news and information destination online," also... |
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Norman P. Lewis, assistant professor in journalism for University of Florida, writes about a lesser-known form of plagiarism in his paper, “Idea Plagiarism: Journalism’s Ultimate Heist.”
Dr. Lewis... |
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10) Fox News Lifts Atlantic Wire Dolphin Story
Fox News rewrote without credit an Atlantic Wire article on dolphins earlier this year. After the Atlantic Wire's John Hudson publicized the stolen story, Fox News added... |
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Hartfort Courant reporter Hillary Federico resigned earlier this month after the newspaper found her articles had "strong similarities" to other outlets' work, according to an note by the Courant, which Mondo... |
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The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper at Penn State University, apologized and suspended a student writer after he fabricated quotes to attribute to Sue Paterno, the wife of the late football coach Joe Paterno, for... |
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Iran's Fars News Agency lifted a fake story by The Onion and ran it as fact, CNN reported. Fars News Agency describes itself as "Iran's leading independent news agency," but the New York Times... |
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As we wrote earlier this week, the Globe and Mail put Margaret Wente under "disciplinary action" after attribution questions related to a 2009 column. The newspaper also quoted its editor John Stackhouse as... |
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The Globe and Mail reported today that its columnist Margaret Wente is under undescribed "disciplinary action" following questions about her attribution and that the newspaper's public editor role will be... |
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As we've previously written, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press retracted articles by student writer Raquel Velasco because of plagiarism. A few days later, Arizona... |
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The Sydney Morning Herald suspended columnist Tanveer Ahmed after Australia's ABC Media Watch accused Ahmed of plagiarism in at least seven articles from news outlets including The New York Times, the Australian... |
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The Columbia Spectator fired reporter Jade Bonacolta for an article with "plagiarized content" from the New York Times and making up a quote. The Spectator is Columbia University's student... |
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This month, Arizona State University's student newspaper the State Press apologized for plagiarism by one of its reporters, Raquel Velasco, and Arizona newspaper the East Valley Tribune apologized for plagiarism by an... |
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As we wrote yesterday, Arizona newspaper the East Valley Tribune told readersthat it had unpublished "several articles" by an Arizona State University student intern who plagiarized. While the Tribune... |
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The East Valley Tribune announced that it unpublished "several articles" by an unnamed intern who plagiarized. According to the Tribune's note on the plagiarism, "the intern, a student at Arizona... |
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After reviewing a selection of Jonah Lehrer's articles for Wired.com, NYU journalism professor Charles Seife determined that Lehrer's work was filled with journalism ethics issues.
"Lehrer plagiarized... |
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The Boston Globe added an editor's note to an unsigned Aug. 17 editorial, "Biden should apologize for 'back in chains' remark," apologizing for and disclosing that the editorial lifted from Boston NPR... |
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CNN and Time magazine announced the ends of Fareed Zakaria's suspension after he apologized earlier this month for "close similarities" in his Time column to a New Yorker article, the Associated Press... |
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Clyde Prestowitz has retracted and apologized for his claims that Fareed Zakaria's book The Post-American World didn't credit him for a quote. As we wrote yesterday, the... |
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Fareed Zakaria has been accused of lifting a quote for his 2008 book The Post-American World from a 2005 book by Clyde V. Prestowitz, the Washington Post's Paul Farhi reported.
Zakaria was suspended last... |
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The Washington Post will "review" Fareed Zakaria's columns for the newspaper in light of his apology for plagiarism, the New York Times reported.
As we wrote, Zakaria was suspended from Time and CNN after... |
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Fareed Zakaria apologized for "close similarities" in part of his column for Time magazine and a blog post on CNN to an April New Yorker report.
Zakaaria is an editor-at-large at Time and a CNN host, according... |
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National Public Radio's ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos addressed intern Ahmad Shafi's... |
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National Public Radio unpublished and replaced an article that partially plagiarized with an editor's note, Poynter's Steve Myers... |
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Steve Penn claims The Kansas City Star defamed him when it reported on firing him for plagiarism, the newspaper... |
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A Michigan school superintendent resigned a little more than a month after he apologized for plagiarism.
As we wrote in May, Barry was accused of plagiarizing "396 words out of 437" from an education blogger... |
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The Connecticut SPJ has asked SPJ member, "media lawyer and Syracuse professor" Roy S. Gutterman to "conduct the independent investigation" of Paresh Jha's two stories that won awards from the... |
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Jonah Lehrer apologized this week for re-using his own writing for other publications in his five blog posts for the New Yorker magazine, the New York Times reported. Lehrer is quoted as saying:
"It was a... |
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The New Yorker added an editor's note to a June 12 article "Why Smart People are Stupid" to note that the author, Jonah Lehrer, self-plagiarized from his October 2011 Wall Street Journal... |
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We wrote earlier this month about accusations of plagiarism against a column written by Fox News' Oliver North. North had quoted comments from a "dear friend" Sammy L. Davis, but it turned out... |
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The Poughkeepsie Journal apologized to the Daily Freeman and readers for a "thin rewrite" of the Freeman's story and some lifted phrases, Jim Romenesko wrote this... |
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One of Fox News host and author Oliver North's column has been questioned for including plagiarism of a Vietnam War veteran's 1990 book, the Washington Post reported.
North's Fox News Insider column... |
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Italian journalist Guilio Meotti has been accused of plagarizing from several articles, including stories from the Huffington Post, Tablet magazine, and Commentary. Meotti was first accused of... |
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As we wrote May 19, National Review corrected, unpublished and apologized for a report that wrongly accused Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of plagiarizing in her book All Your Worth. Salon had... |
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The Washington Times announced that its columnist and former editor-in-chief Amaud de Borchgrave is taking "a three-month leave from writing his weekly opinion column" following accusations of plagiarism... |
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The Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association suspended the Anchor Weekly for a year, according to an Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association press release sent to iMediaEthics.
As we wrote earlier this year, the Anchor... |
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A Michigan school superintendent plagiarized "396 words out of 437" from education blogger Mike Rutherford, NBC-affiliate WOOD-TV reported.
The superintendent, Dave Barry, posted the plagiarism in "an... |
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The Times of Assam accused the Assam Tribune of plagiarism May... |
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The Washington Post's public editor Patrick Pexton weighed in on the recent resignation of Washington Post blogger Elizabeth Flock.
As we wrote, after Flock resigned from the Washington Post last week, the newspaper... |
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The Washington Post's Elizabeth Flock resigned April 13, Poynter's Andrew Beaujon reported. Beaujon noted that Flock said she left to pursue another type of journalism job and denied that she was... |
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Nepal journalist Sudheer Sharma explained to Nepal Monitor what his newspaper Kantipur follows in terms of ethical guidelines and said that he finds plagiarism to be "widespread in the Nepali... |
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One thousand and fifty Chinese science journals announced a commitment against unethical work, Chinese national news agency Xinhua reported.
The journals said they won't "publish any articles involved with... |
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The Anchor Weekly's publisher and editor Steve Jeffrey resigned March 27 after "a U.S.-based writer" accused him of plagiarism in a complaint to the Alberta Press Council, PostMedia News... |
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Hungary's President Pal Schmitt resigned in early April over charges of plagiarism, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Concerning the resignation, the Sun-Times quoted Schmitt as saying during... |
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The Contra Costa Times apologized to the Los Angeles Times after learning its April 2 editorial was "nearly identical" to one by the Los Angeles Times. According to Mondo Times, the Contra Costa Times... |
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Walt Disney Company-owned parenting website Babble announced March 13 that it fired one of its writers for plagiarism.
According to Babble, the plagiarist copied work from a fellow Babble blogger's work for another... |
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Poynter's Craig Silverman and Andrew Beaujon highlighted a shocking case of plagiarism by a former North Dakota Newspaper Association president, Jon Flatland.
Flatland "has been exposed as a serial... |
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The Montreal Gazette apologized to its readers after finding out that its sports columnist, Paul Carbray, had plagiarized, Poynter's Craig Silverman wrote.
Carbray's column has been ended, according to the... |
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The South Portland-Cape Elizabeth (Maine) Sentry fired a reporter for plagiarizing stories on "South Portland city meetings" from both the Forecaster and Current, the Forecaster reported.
The Sentry is a... |
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Dateline Islamabad violated photojournalism ethical standards by plagiarizing copyrighted photographs from two other news agencies, ONLINE and Independent News Pakistan... |
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A new blog, Saving Ethical Journalism, was launched in late December 2011 by two journalists, David DesRoches and Patricia Gay.
DesRoches told iMediaEthics they are "looking for contributors." ... |
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Hungarian weekly magazine HVG.hu accused Hungarian president Pal Schmitt of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis, according to AFP.
Schmitt rejected HVG.hu's claims. Irish news site the Journal explained... |
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Journal Register owned-The Fairfield Minuteman apologized for publishing a plagiarized story Jan. 5, according to a Jan. 10 blogpost by the Minuteman's group editor Matt DeRienzo. The Minuteman is a weekly newspaper... |
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Washington, D.C. CBS-affiliate WUSA unpublished this week a story that reportedly plagiarized from the Washington Post, Poynter's Julie Moos reported.
According to Poynter, WUSA's president and general manager... |
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Editors Weblog questioned if there should be an "ethical code for cartoonists" in light of Urban Tulsa Weekly cartoonist David Simpson and Columbia Dispatch's Jeff Stahler both being accused of plagiarism. Both... |
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As StinkyJournalism has written, two Connecticut newspapers have been in court for two years over aggregation and plagiarism charges. The Journal Inquirer claimed that the Hartford Courant plagiarized it in 2009. The Courant... |
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When I was in law school, a professor told an apocryphal story about a judge who bragged that he was the worst judge around. When asked why, he replied, “I always follow the law.” In... |
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| StinkyJournalism wrote last month when the NBC affiliate WJAR Channel 10 in Rhode Island apologized for publishing a story that plagiarized from the Providence Journal.
We wrote to WJAR at the time to learn more about... |
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Reuters "withdrew" a story about Chechen author Polina Zherebtzova after Guardian reporter Miriam Elder questioned its originality, Ad Week reported. While both Reuters' Alissa de Carbonnel and the... |
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| StinkyJournalism wrote in early October about accusations of plagiarism against South Africa's Financial Mail. The newspaper issued an apology for the plagiarism in print earlier this month, but the Financial Mail didn't... |
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Media General-owned NBC-affiliate WJAR Channel 10 apologized for plagiarizing from the Providence Journal, Go Local Prov reported. Channel 10 is based in Rhode Island and the Providence Journal is a daily newspaper... |
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| POLITICO's national political reporter Kendra Marr resigned after editors learned that she had plagiarized, POLITICO revealed in an Oct. 13 post.
According to POLITICO's Editors' Note announcement (see here), the... |
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After being accused of plagiarism, the hyperlocal news site Examiner.com apologized for and unpublished the stories in question, Poynter's Jim Romenesko wrote Oct. 7.
The site's vice president of editorial,... |
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| Steven King resigned from the Irish Examiner after being accused of plagiarism, the Irish Journal reported.
StinkyJournalism wrote earlier this month when King was accused of plagiarism and the newspaper suspended his... |
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| The Irish Examiner's Steven King has been accused of plagiarism, according to the Irish Journal.
As the Journal explained, King has been "accused of copying lengthy passages for his columns" from... |
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| The Financial Mail apologized for plagiarizing from Bloomberg Businessweek, Regret the Error reported. The Financial Mail is a South African Newspaper.
According to its apology (see here), its Sept. 9 story... |
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As StinkyJournalism previously wrote, following accusations and a later admission of plagiarism, UK Independent journalist gave back his 2008 Orwell Prize. Since then, the Orwell Prize committee announced that its... |
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StinkyJournalism wrote earlier this week about accusations of plagiarism against architecture news site Arch Daily. An architecture news site and magazine, Architectural Record, claimed that Arch Daily lifted an... |
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Johann Hari has been accused of plagiarism again, the Guardian reported Sept. 27.
As StinkyJournalism has written, Hari was accused of lifting quotes from other writers' work in his articles. Hari admitted... |
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As StinkyJournalism wrote briefly last week, an architecture news site, Architecture Record, accused fellow architecture news site Arch Daily of lifting content. The story in question has been removed from Arch... |
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Jacksonville, Florida TV station First Coast News apologized Sept. 16 for inaccurately labeling a man named George H.G. Hall in its stories about "two local pain management clinics that were raided by federal agents and... |
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Washington Post public editor Patrick Pexton denied that freelancer Anna Lewis plagiarized but did accuse Lewis of "sloppy attribution."
StinkyJournalism wrote in March when ithe Post suspended staff reporter... |
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Nearly three months after bloggers first called out the Independent's Johann Hari for plagiarism, he has admitted to the charges, the Independent reported.
As StinkyJournalism has written, Hari was accused in a... |
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| The Denver Post's Woody Paige apologized for "lifting quotes without attribution" in an article on ESPN, Regret the Error reported. Paige reportedly took three quotes from SportsBusiness Journal's John Ourand's... |
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| On September 17, 2009, the New York Times photography, video, and visual journalism blog, Lens, published an essay by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly. In the essay, Kennerly takes issue with the... |
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| We’re living through fabulist times, which shouldn’t be confused with fabulous times. The two words are next-door neighbors in the dictionary but have as much in common as George W. Bush and George... |
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| One year ago today, the Associated Press says, "The New York Times announced on its Web site that one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, had ’committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud,’ according to an... |
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| UNBELIEVABLE!!! Today’s issue of Usa Today features an extensive series of articles chronicling Jack Kelley’s (their former reporter) journalistic... |
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