Lakers print reporter claims ESPN anchor stole story

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/espn-anchor-plagiarizes-lakers-reporters-story-29376

 

Reading a lead verbatim?

Sheer balls.

 

Two questions:

1. Would it really be the anchor doing the stealing? Aren't the scripts written for them?

2. Isn't this pretty damn common? You can hear the newspaper rustling when they are doing news and sports on the radio.

 

Anchors largely write their own stuff.

Big difference between local station with no other way to get information and ESPN, Ace.

 

I'm not excusing it.

It's a cliche feature lede. Seems like an odd one to steal. Maybe the guy thought it was eminent domain or something.

 

Yeah, there's no way to spin this one. He flat-out stole it.

 

I'm amazed that people think they can cut and paste these days and get away with it. How can you think someone in your audience won't notice? It's lazy, it's wrong, but it's also just naive on a ridiculous level.

 

It's ESPN. That's all you need to know.

 

I'm amazed that people think they can cut and paste these days and get away with it. How can you think someone in your audience won't notice? It's lazy, it's wrong, but it's also just naive on a ridiculous level.

 

Not surprising. Couple of weeks ago some TV-type started pumping me for sources on a story we'd run a day before. Got blown off, quickly ... unless I get your pay for a day.

 

Why on earth would a thread about ESPN anchors be under the journalism board?