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Chinese magazine publishes plagiarized & doctored photo
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
August 18, 2010 06:06 am EST
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| Compare for yourself: Hou Xie's photo is on top. The image from a stock photo gallery is below. The faked photo (top) adds papers on the water's surface and is rotated (flopped) horizontally when compared with the original stock photo. (Credit: China.org.cn) |
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Another prize-winning Chinese photo has been branded a fake. This photo, submitted by Hou Xie from Hunan Province, bears an incriminating similarity to a stock photo and was published in August's issue of Chinese Photography magazine.
China's Global Times reported that Huang Liangqing, a China Photographers Association expert, looked into the claims and found that "Tomorrow's Reality" was a copy of the original stock photo. But, Hou...Go to full story
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Nature photo contest winning image plagiarized, doctored
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
July 29, 2010 06:17 am EST
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| Compare for yourself: On the left, Ren Shichen's photo and on the right, Zhang Ziping's image, which won the Clean Water Alliance photo contest.(Credit: Prison Photography) |
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A Chinese man plagiarized and altered another man's image to win a nature photo contest this month, Global Times reported July 20.
Zhang Ziping won first place in a Beijing Clean Water Alliance photo contest July 5, but the person who actually took the picture, Ren Shichen, saw and recognized his image as the prize winner.
The image is of a few people walking along a mountainous path. "Local villagers at that time had...Go to full story
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Herald de Paris calls Gawker out for plagiarism, no transparency
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| by Sydney Smith, StinkyJournalism.org |
June 01, 2010 07:14 am EST
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| Ladd Ehlinger, Jr.'s political ad for Dale Peterson (see screenshot pictured here) spurred an article on Ehlinger by Herald de Paris. Herald de Paris claims that Gawker lifted HdP's interview with Ladd Ehlinger, Jr. without giving credit. (Credit: YouTube on FilmLadd.com) |
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News Web site Herald de Paris is calling gossip Web site Gawker out for plagiarism.
Gawker’s reaction? According to Herald de Paris, Gawker has ignored the accusation but has changed the story without acknowledging that corrections have been made in response to Herald de Paris' complaint.
Gawker's Adrian Chen, told MediaBistro that the problem is not with Gawker, but that Herald de Paris has created a plagiarism story for publicity....Go to full story
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Sued for plagiarism? It can cost you money....
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| by Siobhan Dixon, StinkyJournalism.org |
March 16, 2010 2:01 pm EST
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Everybody knows that plagiarism can get you fired from a job or expelled from a university, but less known is that plagiarism can hit you where it hurts most––your wallet.
On March 10, Cristina Duquette, a Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) graduate, learned this lesson the hard way when the state Appellate Court unanimously upheld a 2008 Waterbury, Connecticut, Superior Court ruling in which she was ordered to pay Matthew...Go to full story
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To Catch a Plagiarist : Set a Trap
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
March 09, 2010 07:21 am EST
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| Zachery Kouwe was caught in a DealBreaker trap long before his plagiarism caused him to resign from the New York Times. (Credit: Tristanb, Wikimedia Commons - GNU Free Documentation License) |
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In the aftermath of Zachary Kouwe’s plagiarism and departure from the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, the Times' reader’s editor has published a column revealing some more details of what happened. Included is a description of how some of Kouwe’s early cribbing from a blog called DealBreaker was found out; the site set a plagiarism trap.
According to Hoyt, DealBreaker published an internal Citigroup memo but changed a few words to try to trap anyone stealing the...Go to full story
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Journalism Lessons: The ABCs of Not Plagiarizing
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
March 02, 2010 09:56 am EST
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| Craig Silverman offers a list of tips for aspiring non-plagiarists. (Photo from his bio on Craigsilverman.ca) |
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In the aftermath of last months plagiarism scandals at the New York Times and Daily Beast, there were lots of comments on what plagiarists and the publications that employ plagiarists do wrong. But this week a new message emerged highlighting what non-plagiarists (and aspiring non-plagiarists) can do right.
Craig Silverman at the Columbia Journalism Review gives a list of plagiarism-avoidance tips in a February 26 column, writing that he hadn’t yet seen a “definitive...Go to full story
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NY Times Writer Resigns After Plagiarizing
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
February 22, 2010 08:31 am EST
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| A portrait of Zachery Kouwe from his old writer's page at the New York Times (Credit: NYtimes.com) |
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New York Times reporter Zachery Kouwe resigned after it was revealed that he had plagiarized repeatedly from a Wall Street Journal article, and, according to the Times, "Reuters and other sources."
The New York Times scandal that is uppermost in people's minds involved reporter Jayson Blair, who plagiarized and fabricated for years at the newspaper, and recently gave a series of ethics lectures last fall. Now, another New York Times...Go to full story
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Journalism's "Hamster Wheel" : Increasing Productivity Demands
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
February 19, 2010 09:17 am EST
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| Dean Starkman writes in "As the Hamster Wheel Turns..." (Columbia Journalism Review) that a "more, faster" news culture has negative trade offs. (Credit: Coturnix, A Blog Around The Clock) |
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StinkyJournalism recently covered Zachery Kouwe's resignation from the New York Times over plagiarism.
Kouwe told the New York Post a rapid writing schedule played into his ethical breach.
Though speed and pressure are on the list of classic plagiarism excuses, holding writers to a breakneck pace can and does imperil journalistic ethics.
Dean Starkman writes in the Columbia Journalism Review Thursday ("As the Hamster Wheel...Go to full story
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Update: Jayson Blair Promises Proof of Donation, Explains Media Policy
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
December 29, 2009 07:44 am EST
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| Jayson Blair, shown here speaking to Larry King on CNN. (Screen capture credit: Fishbowl NY, Jul 21, 2006) |
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We promised an update on disgraced journalist Jayson Blair’s alleged donation to the National Institute of Mental Health and contradictory reports about his recent speaking engagements. Here it is:
Blair emailed StinkyJournalism with answers to our questions about reports suggesting the former reporter intended to stop lecturing publicly about his experience plagiarizing and fabricating stories at the New York Times, and to donate his fee of $3,000 for speaking at...Go to full story
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Jayson Blair Speaks to Another Group of Students After Vowing No More Public Communication
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
December 15, 2009 3:41 pm EST
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| Jason Blair gives a thumbs up to Washington and Lee University students in a YouTube video of his lecture at the school. (Credit: wlunews) |
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After Jayson Blair spoke to students at Virginia’s Washington and Lee University this fall, many may have hoped that this would be the end of the disgraced journalist’s stint as a teacher. In its report on the event, the Roanoke Times wrote “He has said that this would be the last time he would speak publicly about his transgressions and 2003 resignation.”
But December 4, the Albany Times Union reported that despite his statements that he is...Go to full story
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