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The Peter Gleeson Plagiarism Scandal

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However, shortly after publication, another journalist, Josh Bavas, took to Twitter to ask why the article copied four paragraphs from a piece that he wrote two years prior. Johnson was fired from Buzzfeed in 2014 after plagiarism was found in 41 of the 500 words they examined following an initial plagiarism scandal.

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Snopes Co-Founder and CEO Admits to Plagiarizing Dozens of Articles

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On Friday, Buzzfeed published an article that highlights the widespread and long-running plagiarism of Snopes CEO and co-founder David Mikkelson. Mikkelson, for his part, has admitted to the plagiarism and has been suspended from his editorial duties at the site. More Than Just Plagiarism.

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NBC Reporter Accused of Plagiarism in 11 Articles

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Specifically, the note said that the reporter in question had copied passages that were “not central to the stories” and instead represented background or supplemental material. The editor’s note is similar for each article, the only change being to highlight the specific elements that were copied. NBC’s Handling of the Case.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

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2024) A recent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by small Boston intellectual property boutique Hsuanyeh Law Group PC (HLG) against international giant Winston & Strawn LLP focuses a dividing line that can highlight when copying the work of another firm is permissible. Winston & Strawn , 23-cv-11193 (S.D.N.Y.

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Peter Gleeson Leaves News Corp Following Plagiarism Scandal

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In Australia, long-time conservative commentator Peter Gleeson has left News Corp following a series of plagiarism allegations. . However, shortly after publication, another UK journalist, Josh Bavas, noticed that several paragraphs of one of the articles were copied verbatim from his earlier work without any citation.

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3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal

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The lawsuit was filed in 2014 by musician Marcus, Gray, who claimed Dark Horse was an infringement of his earlier song, Joyful Noise. Genius filed the lawsuit in 2019 alleging that Google was unlawfully copying lyrics to songs that they had hosted. The post 3 Count: Dark Horse Dismissal appeared first on Plagiarism Today.

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3 Count: 10,000 Hours

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A record studio owned by Melomega released a version of the song in 2014. According to the lawsuit, the musicians and their songwriters copied elements from the earlier track, including the chorus, verse and hook from the song. The post 3 Count: 10,000 Hours appeared first on Plagiarism Today.