Julie Moos
Jan. 16, 2013
6:00 pm
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Andrew Beaujon
Jan. 14, 2013
5:25 pm
Toronto Star
Two plagiarism cases that occurred at the Toronto Star in the past week "demand serious action," Public Editor Kathy English writes. Star reporter Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew lifted from a Globe and Mail report, and now-former Toronto school board director Chris Spence
plagiarized in an op-ed. Spence resigned after readers and reporters found his other published work, including his doctoral thesis,
were filled with plagiarized material.
Acharya-Tom Yew, on the other hand, wasn't "deliberately dishonest," English says.
In reporting on the Entertainment One takeover of Alliance Films, she did not talk to any sources, as good reporting demands. Her 10-paragragh story was written entirely from information from the wires and the Star’s files, as well as a Globe and Mail online piece written earlier that day by its media writer, Steve Ladurantaye. (more...)
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Andrew Beaujon
Jan. 11, 2013
9:26 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Jan. 9, 2013
1:37 pm
Toronto Star |
National Post
Chris Spence
lifted passages from The New York Times and other sources for an opinion piece published January 5 in the Toronto Star. Spence is the director of education for Toronto's school board.
“I was careless and sloppy and rushed, and I should have given credit to some of the work that I used,” Spence told Star education reporter Kristin Rushowy. The board's chair said Spence "sees this as an honest mistake, but something that needs to be corrected."
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Craig Silverman
Jan. 4, 2013
5:48 pm
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Craig Silverman
Dec. 28, 2012
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Craig Silverman
Dec. 21, 2012
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Craig Silverman
Dec. 13, 2012
2:09 pm
A committee formed to investigate better ways of preventing and handling incidents of plagiarism and fabrication is asking newsrooms to share examples of internal policies and prevention practices related to these issues.
The committee is made up of journalists and … Read more
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Craig Silverman
Oct. 31, 2012
1:31 pm
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Andrew Beaujon
Oct. 22, 2012
10:07 am
CBS Sunday Morning
In the course of
a wide-ranging report on plagiarism, Lee Cowan talked with disgraced New York Times reporter Jayson Blair about how he got his start as journalism's most famous plagiarist.
Blair: I actually just took a quote from an Associated Press story, put it in the paper and didn't attribute it to the AP.
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