NY Post writer caught in plagiarism scandal

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I predict many journalists in the next few weeks will be busted for this.


http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/05/20/nypost.plagiarism/index.html

The New York Post, one of the city's most widely read tabloids, announced Tuesday that one of its freelance writers plagiarized an article from The National Enquirer.

Robin Gregg, who the Post said made infrequent contributions to the paper, wrote an article in the May 15 edition of the Post concerning Wal-Mart's decision to stop selling Kathie Lee Gifford's line of sportswear.

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The Post did not elaborate on what material was plagiarized, nor did it comment on whether it would review Gregg's previous work for the newspaper.

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The revelation comes on the heels of a journalism scandal involving former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair. On May 10, the Times publicly accused Blair of "frequent acts of journalistic fraud," including plagiarizing other publications and making up facts, scenes and quotes. Blair, a 27-year-old who worked for the Times for five years, resigned from the paper May 1.

I heard some conservative talk show heads talk and talk about perils of Affirmative Action and how they knew NYTimes is not to be trusted. Wonder if the same level of criticism will apply here, or only plagiarism and fraud in liberal papers deserves contempt?