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To Catch A Plagiarist

By Michael Becker | Published: February 20, 2010
Journalists often talk and write about how bad it is, which makes me wonder why we find it acceptable to do almost nothing to prevent it? The general attitude towards plagiarism checking seems to be, “Let’s save our money and let readers and other people catch the culprits.” via cjr.org This comes from Craig Silverman [...]
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Humanity is more important and honest than objectivity for journalists

By Michael Becker | Published: January 31, 2010
And I learned that the notion of objectivity is a fig leaf for journalists who don’t want to deal honestly with our own humanity and don’t want to take personal responsibility for the human impact of our journalism. We’re just doing our jobs. We’re just being objective. Objects can’t be responsible. via stevebuttry.wordpress.com Posted via [...]
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