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'Woody Plaige'

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Moderator1, Jun 7, 2011.

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  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I was being sarcastic. Because I know papers will never do anything about the big-name columnists who are pretty obviously fabricating stuff.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jun 16, 2011
    #73
  2. SoccerFan

    SoccerFan Member

    Not attributing a quotation is plagiarism. You learn that while writing research papers in college.
     
    SoccerFan, Jun 16, 2011
    #74
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I'm not arguing with you. You're correct.

    But journalists are typically not fired for failing to attribute a quote. It's too easy to say they forgot and while all plagiarism is wrong, it's about a 3 on the plagiarism scale of 1 to 10.

    Again, not defending the practice on any level, but it happens so often that people get away with it.

    Fabricating a story is a whole different ballgame.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jun 16, 2011
    #75
  4. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Westword got in touch with Clarke, who didn't comment beyond what he told Brooks. Meanwhile, Westword dug up another Woody incident -- the 1986 Challenger incident in which legend has it he was supposed to cover the launch but instead took his daughter to Disney World instead. Woody denied it in 2003 to Westword (it's at the bottom of this link).

    http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/06/woody_paige_plagiarize_dan_le_batard_norm_clarke.php
     
    MileHigh, Jun 16, 2011
    #76
  5. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Brooks with more.

    http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/woody-paiges-school-of-journaliffen-chapter-3-29753
     
    Inky_Wretch, Jun 16, 2011
    #77
  6. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Brooks is killing this.
     
    poindexter, Jun 16, 2011
    #78
  7. rmanfredi

    rmanfredi Active Member

    Having written for Sports by Brooks before, this type of stuff is right up his alley. When I was writing there, he was in the process of transitioning from "lets leer at semi-clothed women" to breaking news stories (along with occasional spreads of semi-clothed women). I wish he would update the layout of his site so it doesn't look so 1998, and he could use an editor, but he's got a TON of contacts.
     
    rmanfredi, Jun 16, 2011
    #79
  8. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Wow, no kidding. And more to come, he claims.
     
    MileHigh, Jun 16, 2011
    #80
  9. mediaguy

    mediaguy Well-Known Member

    The latest entry, checking the freaking weather on a given day in an obscure city 17 years ago, is maybe a bit obsessive. He's pointing out a pattern, yes, but also scaring me a little.
     
    mediaguy, Jun 16, 2011
    #81
  10. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I think it's obsessive to prove a point, that Brooks has mounds and mounds of evidence and Woody won't come clean about the La Batard stuff. So Brooks is going to keep firing away, it seems, until he gets what he wants.
     
    MileHigh, Jun 16, 2011
    #82
  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Its not obsessive, its thorough.
     
    poindexter, Jun 17, 2011
    #83
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    If Woody had been that thorough Brooks wouldn't have to be.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Jun 17, 2011
    #84
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