Even though journalists and newsrooms have new technology, plagiarists are still getting their stories printed and their bylines seen. Google and other search engines have made it easier to catch suspecting offenders, however, not all are. I think the only way to prevent plagiarism is for editors to truly keep on top of everything reporters do, especially involving an inaccuracies that are reported in their stories.
I understand that reporters should be allowed freedom and given the benefit of the doubt, but it’s actions like that that allowed former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair to make up countless articles. Of 76 articles he wrote on national events at least 36 of them were fictitious or contained falsehoods, according to the New York Times. They also go on to say that on more than one occasion staff members expressed concerns about his writing.
https://docs.google.com/a/mymail.vcu.edu/Doc?docid=0AbYsv3RHMZQbZGhtNThtYzlfNmhjcDU2N2hy&hl=en
I understand that reporters should be allowed freedom and given the benefit of the doubt, but it’s actions like that that allowed former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair to make up countless articles. Of 76 articles he wrote on national events at least 36 of them were fictitious or contained falsehoods, according to the New York Times. They also go on to say that on more than one occasion staff members expressed concerns about his writing.
https://docs.google.com/a/mymail.vcu.edu/Doc?docid=0AbYsv3RHMZQbZGhtNThtYzlfNmhjcDU2N2hy&hl=en
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