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| CBS News fires producer for plagiarism |
| 2007-04-11 |
| LOL - at least they've graduated from "fake, but true" A CBS News producer was fired and the network apologized after a Katie Couric video essay on libraries was found to be plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal. The essay was removed from the CBS Web site and an editor's note was posted saying the item should have credited Jeffrey Zaslow of the Journal, the network said Tuesday. The essays are carried regularly on "Couric & Co.," the anchor's blog on the CBS News Web site. Couric and producers meet once a week to decide on topics and the producers write them for Couric to An editor for The Wall Street Journal called CBS News to point out the similarities of the April 4 notebook item to Zaslow's article, headlined "Of the Places You'll Go, Is the Library Still One of Them?" The pieces talk about how libraries are seen differently by children from their parents. "We were horrified," CBS News spokeswoman Sandra Genelius said. "It was almost verbatim." CBS would not identify the producer fired for the transgression. "...er... *intelligible* Maples" |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #15 So who's the perky little cute chick? Ask her to get me a cup of coffee willya? Wait a minute. She's what? Whaddya mean I can't smoke in here? |
| Posted by: The Ghost of Edward R. Murrow 2007-04-11 20:38 |
| #14 yeah, but she moves her lips |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-04-11 20:20 |
| #13 producers write them for Couric to read on camera. Wow, she can read too! Truly a person of many talents. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-04-11 20:18 |
| #12 Katie read the story as if it were HER library card. But it wasn't. Now they fired the person who plagarized it from the WSJ. But even if the story hadn't been plagarized, someone other than Katie made up a story that Katie read about 'her' library card. Boggle. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-04-11 12:33 |
| #11 So Katie Couric did the one-minute commentary on the joys of getting her first library card, but the piece was not original. So Katie didn't plagiarize, because the piece that appeared under her name was actually written by someone else, not her! More Fake but Acurate |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-04-11 12:10 |
| #10 They could get me for $1 mil a year after taxes. And I guarantee ratings will be up. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-04-11 11:51 |
| #9 Someone check her wallet and see if she really *does* have a liberry card. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-04-11 11:14 |
| #8 Ima think BrerRabbit is found the Pemberley Plum of the story. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-04-11 11:07 |
| #7 Another nail in MSM coffins. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-04-11 10:57 |
| #6 She's the world famous and highly paid journalist but she just reading (without thought) what someone else wrote. Doesnt seem she's really worth the cash but thats just me. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2007-04-11 10:33 |
| #5 Just a reminder. As America's Perky Sweetheart, I get 60 mil over 4 years. That's a lot to throw under a bus. Find someone else. Have a nice day. |
| Posted by: Katie Couric 2007-04-11 10:06 |
| #4 CBS rediscovered their survival instinct. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-04-11 09:21 |
| #3 I know it's tempting to pile on, but you have to give 'em credit for FINALLY! doing the right thing. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-04-11 07:11 |
| #2 LOL - at least they've graduated from "fake, but true" truly some else's work.. "We were horrified," cBS Sandra "gelatinous" Genelius ROFLMAO ;-) |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-11 05:59 |
| #1 In other news, Edward R. Murrow's rotational speed has reached 15,000 RPM. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-11 05:43 |