ESPN Plagiarizes ProFootballTalk

[HHDougB]

Any PFT, in typical wonderful PFT fashion, nails them out for it in a non-deadspin type way. Whadda you all think?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/06/well-weve-finally-been-plagiarized/#comments

 

[Stitch]

Is it plagiarism when you just transcribe what's on TV? Not defending ESPN, but the original "reporting" was anything but original.

 

[HHDougB]

I guess that's true. Also, someone on the comments made a good point about it might being an intern who thought it was an AP report and just ran it.

 

[EagleMorph]

ESPN took the entire write-up surrounding the Porter quotes, though.

And they just acknowledged it. Heh.

 

[Small Town Guy]

ESPN took the entire write-up surrounding the Porter quotes, though.

And they just acknowledged it. Heh.

ESPN.com's John Clayton is reporting that ESPN.com plagiarized pro football talk...

 

[Stitch]

ESPN took the entire write-up surrounding the Porter quotes, though.

And they just acknowledged it. Heh.

ESPN.com's John Clayton is reporting that ESPN.com plagiarized pro football talk...

According to anonymous team and league sources.

 

[Pancamo]

Florio is Matt Drudge.

 

[slappy4428]

From the editors of ESPNBoston.com: A Thursday night blog post featuring Joey Porter's comments regarding Patriots quarterback Tom Brady should have been attributed to ProFootballTalk.com. The attribution has been corrected.

Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter says that as he prepares to face the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady on Sunday, he has to prepare for a quarterback who gets protected by a special set of rules -- as ProFootballTalk.com notes.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

PFT has been plagiarizing people for 10 years.

 

[JackReacher]

PFT is a complete joke.

 

[sportsguydave]

Not a very good past couple of weeks for the Boo-Yah network, eh?

 

[slappy4428]

Not a very good past couple of weeks for the Boo-Yah network, eh?

It won't matter... BooYahPN is bulletproof...

 

[jlee]

[quote author=ProFootballTalk]We've experienced over the years the phenomenon of news organizations borrowing our stories without attribution.

Typically, what happens is that someone in the journalism business will use one of our stories as a starting point for their own "reporting." So then they'll get someone, either on or off the record, to "confirm" the same thing we've already reported, and then they'll report the item without acknowledging where they first saw it.[/quote]

Wah. Happens all the time. Lead with the plagiarism and skip the self-important whine.

 

[mediaguy]

It's flagrant on ESPN's part, yes, but PFT is getting territorial over something they wrote off a TV interview. They repackaged it more ethically than someone else.

 

[VJ]

Good thing ESPN.com didn't plagiarize PFT when they reported Roy Williams had a broken collarbone.

 

[JackReacher]

If I were to say that 95 percent of PFT is simply posting links to other people's stories, and that the other 5 percent was spent throwing **** on the wall to see if it'll stick? Pretty close?

 

[cyclingwriter]

Terry Bradshaw is dead

 

[Pancamo]

If I were to say that 95 percent of PFT is simply posting links to other people's stories, and that the other 5 percent was spent throwing **** on the wall to see if it'll stick? Pretty close?

bingo. and he thinks he is the moral thermometer of journalism.

 

[mediaguy]

In terms of staying on top of the NFL -- however indirectly -- PFT does a good job, if only in culling together relevant links.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

When players are talking about a site in the locker room, it's time to throw your hands up and give the devil his due. But you don't have to pretend it's good or that it's honest journalism. It's junk food for NFL junkies.