Fla. St. beat writer resigns amid plagiarism charges.

Yeah, that's a bit of a stretch.

 

Eh, whatever. A 'senior SEC writer' or whatever she is shouldn't have one school's stadium as her social media photo. It's unprofessional. Might as well wear the school colors to games, too.

 

I think you need to lighten up.

 

I disagree with her having a second chance. She violated one of the basic things learned in a college media ethics class.

Every profession should have a death penalty offense, and ours is dishonesty while acting in an official capacity as a reporter.

A journalist is absolutely nothing without credibility.

 

Totally agree. AL.com lost some of my respect with this move. No way in hell I'd give her a job like that. She belongs at the Podunk Press covering preps for the next 5-6 years.

 

You and anyone else who thinks this can kiss my ass. She got fired for plagiarism. She's now hired to cover athletics in a conference and picks one school from that conference to showcase on her social site. Her professionalism was already is in question. Why add to it?

Plenty of other qualified journalists who haven't been fired for plagiarism who could have been hired. So, I have no use for her or those who hired her. Defend her if you wish.

 

Totally agree with her not getting a second chance. But I'm not surprised that al.com would hire her. Plagiarism should never go unpunished.

 

I'm not defending her, you dolt. If you think having a background photo of a stadium on her Facebook page impacts her credibility, you are an idiot and severely taking yourself too seriously.

There are plenty of things to criticize about her. A background photo on her Facebook page is not one of them.

 

Look at all these biased journalists lacking professionalism

https://twitter.com/JanieMcCAP
https://twitter.com/GeraldImrayAP
https://twitter.com/DaveCampbellAP
https://twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP
https://twitter.com/twithersAP
https://twitter.com/DavidMercerAP

 

I don't know Roy, but a couple years ago Facebook recommended I friend him, and I did because I enjoyed reading him years back. Good decision. Especially when he was with the History Channel's mag, he was posting great stuff. Usually I'm not in favor of second chances for plagiarists, but I guess Roy has his reasons and I can say that early in my career, my SE hired a guy who had been fired for plagiarism and he stuck to the straight and narrow with us. I don't think I'd make that kind of hire, but in the case of my old boss, it takes some serious balls to lay down that big of a wager on someone.

 

I covered the ACC for 8-plus years. I can't remember a memorable story that Ms. Pierre broke or a memorable piece of writing. I'm surprised she got this gig. Good luck to AL.com.

 

Her plagiarism was quite memorable.