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Columbus Dispatch Plagiarizes Andy Borowitz

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by YankeeFan, May 24, 2011.

  1. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Porowitz writes this:

    New Study Finds iPad is Cure for Adultery; Owners ‘Stop Noticing Other People Altogether’

    http://www.borowitzreport.com/2011/05/19/new-study-finds-ipad-is-cure-for-adultery-owners-stop-noticing-other-people-altogether/


    Columbus Dispatch runs this:

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    http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/stahler/index.html


    His twitter feed has more info: http://twitter.com/#!/borowitzreport
     
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    YankeeFan, May 24, 2011
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  2. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    I'm kind of murky on the rules of cartoon attribution. Is it customary for political cartoons to give a hat tip to the original reports they use? Or do they just re-word things?
     
    sgreenwell, May 24, 2011
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  3. Walter Burns

    Walter Burns Member

    The Dispatch is saying it's a coincidence.

    http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/romenesko/133580/columbus-dispatch-editor-cartoon-column-similarity-appears-to-be-a-coincidence/
     
    Walter Burns, May 24, 2011
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