A Wynne-lose for Sam Leach and his judgesIt’s fine line between plagiarism and inspiration in the art world, with the winner of the Wynne prize coming under fire for his painting’s resemblance to a 17th century Dutch landscape. Should we really encourage copying? asks W H Chong.
Plagiarism
The big book of plagiarism excuses
In the wake of the latest NYT plagiarism scandal, Jack Shafer rounds up the 12 most common excuses copycats give for their word thievery.
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The WSJ accuses the NYT of plagiarism
The Guardian has a copy of a letter sent from the Wall St Journal to the
exposed Daily Beast plagiarism scandal
Last week, online news site The Daily Beast’s chief investigative reporter Gerald Posner admitted to plagiarising one of his article. But an investigation by Slate’s Jack Shafer has revealed that it wasn’t the first time.
The year of calling “bullshit”: 2009 in media errors
Fact checking is fast becoming one of the internet’s favourite pastimes, says Craig Silverman, wrapping-up of the worst lies and cock-ups published, broadcast and tweeted in 2009. The Apology of the Year is an absolute corker.
Kohler: Don’t flatter yourself, AFR
Business Spectator’s Alan Kohler responds to claims the site is plagiarising from the Fin Review by publishing article extracts: we aren’t, he says, and no-one’s reading them, anyway.
Why plagiarism doesn’t matter on National Marriage Day
Several hundred Christians gathered in Parliament House this morning for “National Marriage Day”, launching a “new” version of the booklet 21 Reasons Why Marriage Matters… except it wasn’t so new.
Does “unconscious plagiarism” really exist?
Do journalists who get caught out plagiarising and blame it on an “unconscious mistake” have a fair case? Russ Juskalian looks at the psychological disorder of cryptomnesia.
Dowd in hot water over alleged plagiarism; NYT issues apology
It was a wild Sunday for the New York Times columnist. By mid-afternoon she was on the hot seat for using liberal blogger Josh Marshall’s paragraph almost word-for-word.
