Colo. intern finds out you can't just copy & paste the NYT archive

Because we hold our own to a higher standard, and because what, to us, is the most egregious sin has been committed.

 

And because her internship involved college credit. It would be on the same level as plagiarizing a term paper.

 

We're not that lucky.

 

Does the UF journalism school have some sort of standing agreement with the paper? I doubt they would be willing to take on more UF interns after this. I've seen "goofy" interns ruin the chances for future intern prosepcts from certain schools. I imagine this would be MUCH worse.

When I read that she was unpaid, the really cynical part of me wondered if her internship was getting in the way of a good time. The really naive part of me wondered if she was working two other jobs to get by.

No excuse either way.

 

About the video: Lukewarm at best...not really funny.

 

Many states,most, have laws that you can only be denied unemployment through essentially criminal wrongdoing, not showing up for work, or coming to work drunk or high.

You can't be denied unemployment for performance in many states. It's cut and dry. I am astounded by how many managers contest unemployment and have no idea about the criteria.

Plagiarism is not a criminal matter.

In some states, unless you committed a crime on the job, or was a no show or drunk,you get unemployment.

 

There's a fundamental difference between being fired for performance and being fired for an egregious ethics violation.

But I guess technically if it was never outlined to the employee that it was against company policy, there's a case there.

 

I'll be interested if you can get thrown out of a journalism school for cheating while on an internship.

Oh, Hailey.

Any journalist in the world would have told you to avoid this profession in the first place. Then you get a coveted internship at a good paper. You cheat. And now you run the risk of not getting ANY job you apply for if the hiring manager so much as Googles your name.

 

I didn't read this whole thread at this point, but I'm sure someone has mentioned how this certainly now qualifiwes to actually go to work for the NYT. Why let something like plagiarism or falsified datelines get in the way of great reporting?

 

Both acts are equally pathetic. Plagiarism is plagiarism, no matter who is doing it. Both should be rung up the flagpole as glaring examples of what not to do.

 

Much like Loopy, Dowd's doing it by rote, now. Surely, the Times has noticed.

 

I have no sympathy for Hailey but am very troubled by double standards. I guess because Dowd is a star, the NYT can overlook it when she does it?