WTF??? New York Times Issues Response to Wikipedia Plagiarism Charge

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New York Times Issues Response to Wikipedia Plagiarism Charge

In an editor's note, the newspaper said that writer Carol Vogel “improperly used specific language and details from a Wikipedia article without attribution”

The New York Times issued a response Wednesday to claims that one of its writers, Carol Vogel, had plagiarized a passage from Wikipedia. In a note from an editor at the newspaper, it was determined that the opening paragraph in one of her articles “improperly used specific language and details from a Wikipedia article without attribution.”


The article was on Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, and it listed specific details about the artist using similar language, and in the same order as the Wikipedia entry for him.

A spokeswoman for the New York Times said that the paper is not aware of any other such problems, and that “editors have dealt with Vogel on the issue,” though she declined to give any specific details.


This plagiarism charge comes on the heels of two plagiarism-related firings. Last week, BuzzFeed fired its viral politics editor, Benny Johnson, after 41 instances of plagiarism were uncovered, while CNN fired news editor Marie-Louise Gumuchian after at least 50 instances of plagiarism were discovered in May.

 

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BuzzFeed Fires Writer Over Multiple Instances of Plagiarism

Site's internal investigation uncovered 40 instances of plagiarism by writer Benny Johnson, who lifted from sources like Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers and U.S. News & World Report​

Benny Johnson has been fired from BuzzFeed after an internal investigation uncovered multiple instances of plagiarism in his work. Editor-in-chief Ben Smith wrote a post on the site Friday evening announcing the firing and apologizing to readers.

Twitter users first brought attention to several instances of plagiarism on BuzzFeed's site, citing passages in articles written by Johnson which had been lifted word-for-word from other sites like Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers and U.S. News & World Report.

Gawker posted the first story about the then-alleged plagiarism. That lead BuzzFeed to begin an investigation into the matter, where they ”found 40 instances of sentences or phrases copied word for word from other sites,” according to Smith's article.

Smith said that the site is “deeply embarrassed and sorry” about the incidents. BuzzFeed intends to correct all of the discovered instances of plagiarism, with an editor's note added to each.

“We have scores of aggressive reporters around the United States and the world, holding the people we cover to high standards. We must — and we will — hold ourselves to the same high standards,” Smith wrote. “We have more responsibility now than ever to get it right, to keep raising our standards, and to continue getting better.”

 

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CNN Fires Editor Accused of Extensive Plagiarism

Network says it has found examples ” in about 50 published stories”

CNN says it has fired an editor after finding examples of plagiarism in about 50 of her stories.

The company said it had terminated Marie-Louise Gumuchian, who reported from CNN's London bureau about Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, in an editor's note published Friday.​

It said it had removed plagiarized passages from some articles, and deleted some altogether. CNN “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter tweeted a link to the note Friday morning.

The plagiarism is a black eye for CNN as it attempts to revamp itself under new chief Jeff Zucker. The network has always made the case that even when its ratings lag, it has the highest journalistic standards in cable news.


The firing — and transparency about it — were an attempt to show that when CNN makes mistakes, it fixes them, honestly and publicly. But there's no getting around the embarrassment of a staffer allegedly plagiarizing dozens of stories, and escaping notice until now.

Here it is in its entirety:

(CNN) — CNN has discovered multiple instances of plagiarism by Marie-Louise Gumuchian, a former CNN news editor. She wrote frequently about international news, writing and reporting about Africa, Europe, and the Middle East from our London bureau.

An unpublished story flagged last week during our editing process led to an internal investigation that uncovered other examples in about 50 published stories, and our investigation is ongoing.

We've terminated Gumuchian's employment with CNN, and have removed the instances of plagiarism found in her pieces. In some cases, we've chosen to delete an entire article.

Trust, integrity and simply giving credit where it's due are among the tenets of journalism we hold dear, and we regret that we published material that did not reflect those essential standards.

We also believe in letting audiences know when we've remedied situations that threaten to compromise that trust.

 

[dasmybikepunk]

It's very similar to the music industry they do that shit all the time, actually
they probably do it more. Fresh articles and news stories EVERYDAY

 

[playahaitian]

It's very similar to the music industry they do that shit all the time, actually
they probably do it more. Fresh articles and news stories EVERYDAY

Its like media has a WHOLE as given up and allowed themselves to be taken over and controlled by the internet.

Instead of being a leader.

The REFUSED to take the internet seriously early on (much like the music industry and TV/film, etc)

But the are supposed to be the 4th Estate a position of extreme importance in not only a sociological sense but political.

They are so obsessed now with being FIRST instead of being ACCURATE.

They need to realize that if they establish that they seek the TRUTH and provide detail and explanations that the masses can consume and get more in depth and delve deeper in a story and truly INFORM not just feed the public the bullsh*t they can easily digest and has no real bearing or importance in their lives.

 

[dasmybikepunk]

Its like media has a WHOLE as given up and allowed themselves to be taken over and controlled by the internet.

Instead of being a leader.

The REFUSED to take the internet seriously early on (much like the music industry and TV/film, etc)

The controlling editor is the culprit always and he is the right-hand of
the newspapers executives and ceo's, so if it's a culture of stealing stories
and copycat reporting then it's because the bosses want it that way.

Not the journalist the journalist don't have that kind of control, thus
why some plagiarize in a desperate attempt to keep their jobs.

Mainly because the internet fucks with Corp. news money?

It all comes down to money.

In order to stay afloat the traditional news agencies must stay profitable.

The internet threatens that with every fiber optic strand.

So the mad scramble for daily articles breeds a culture plagiarism, that coupled with
the mandatory propaganda and thus is life in the western media industrial complex.

Just my opinions.

 

[playahaitian]

The controlling editor is the culprit always and he is the right-hand of
the newspapers executives and ceo's, so if it's a culture of stealing stories
and copycat reporting then it's because the bosses want it that way.

Not the journalist the journalist don't have that kind of control, thus
why some plagiarize in a desperate attempt to keep their jobs.

Mainly because the internet fucks with Corp. news money?

It all comes down to money.

In order to stay afloat the traditional news agencies must stay profitable.

The internet threatens that with every fiber optic strand.

So the mad scramble for daily articles breeds a culture plagiarism, that coupled with
the mandatory propaganda and thus is life in the western media industrial complex.

Just my opinions.

excellent points...

consist writing like YOURS would help too...

I have been shocked by the shoddy quality of writing OVERALL from major media outlets grammatical errors etc.

I still feel like if you approach the news professionally and with principle you will out n the end.

But all your points are valid.

 

[BDR]

I bet u all those that were fired were cacs

 

[BigATLslim]

Those in charge should have known this would be an issue from DAY ONE!!!

No sympathy for the "plagiarizers" nor the companies that employ them.

 

[playahaitian]

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