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Re: Barnicle???
- Subject: Re: Barnicle???
- From: Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 11:39:23 -0400
Steve O wrote--
>Ethics? You mean no one in this business has "borrowed" ideas? Someone
>does a good morning show bit, or station promotion and before you know it
>the same bit or promotion is in every market. We as a business have no
>right to put down someone for plagiarism.
>
Umm, Steve, I love ya, but I do not agree with this statement. It is
unfair to all the hard-working and ethical journalists who do not
out-and-out copy other people's material and pass it off as their own.
Mike did more than borrow ideas-- he lifted entire paragraphs and made up
sources/characters etc. I do not condemn him, but I would not call him a
hero either...
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