Johann Hari's Plagiarism

In “The Bedford Researcher,” Mike Palmquist (2015), identifies the consequences regarding work that has been plagiarized, and plagiarism is taken very seriously, because it guards intellectual property, and recognizes academic work has owners, this “protects an author’s time and energy that is invested into creating a document” (p. 127). Plagiarism can be an accidental or deliberate use of someone’s else’s ideas, thoughts, writings, and evidence without giving credit to the source(Palmquist, 2015, p. 127).

In this particular article, the author isn’t given a name, however they are listed as the History Channels’ staff writer. The writer gives a brief explanation about the beginning of the accusations and the events that took place in the following years. Their purpose for the article is to provide evidential information on an educated

It was perplexing time for The New York Times; a chapter, in their long-run, of fabrications that are now consider fabulists and egregious plagiarism. Hard News by Seth Mnookin, recounts the time a narcissistic and pedantic executive editor, named Howell Raines took took charged of the steering-wheel of one of the most reliable and prominent newspapers in the nation. It is described how Raines and other high-profiled and important figures for the paper, such as managing editor Gerald M. Boyd, dealt with the Jayson Blair’s scandal. The Jayson Blair scandal is about the terrible repercussions when plagiarism and fabulism is committed by a reporter. It not only tarnishes the reporter’s reputation but the newspaper’s transparency as a whole. I

Trust in media has been a very concerning topic for the modern area. It is quiet common for media to be construed and twisted to manipulate the viewer’s opinion. It doesn’t take much to change the headline of an article to convey completely different meanings or standpoints. One issue in particular, which seems to be one of the most common, is plagiarism. Plagiarism can be very tempting to certain individuals considering how readily available and seemingly limitless virtual text that can be accessed. One case I want to discuss is the one of Benny Johnson, a fairly well known politics editor who started making unethical decisions in 2015 while working for BuzzFeed. According to Poynter, Johnson was accused of 41 examples of plagiarism. We

Most outlets now are multi-platform, so the traditional broadcast news outlet is looking for content for its website, and may take something from another news site without crediting the original source in haste for getting that content posted. And reporters are working on a freelance basis more and more frequently, not subjected to or sometimes aware of news outlets’ ethical guidelines. Whether inadvertent or deliberate, there is no excuse for plagiarism.” (“Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics”, 1996). Apparently, Blair tried to use this as a poor excuse for his fraudulent

Leslie Silko certainly makes accusations that some could argue far exceed the boundaries of journalism integrity, and fail to deliver with evidence to back them up.

The second story the author discusses is starkly different from that of the Anorexia paper, and makes an example of the type of trouble plagiarism can cause in an institution and those involved in it. In this instance, a male student submits a paper discussing the assigned topic in such a way that triggers the suspicions of the professor. Murphy eventually discovers the true origin of the paper, only to find the student had gone so far as to cut out the evidence from the book. Many denials and meetings later he was “Within the week . . . suspended from the University.” (900). An academic career over, and a weakening of a professors already tenuous ability to trust in his students, were all this case resulted in. Academic dishonesty, plagiarism, wastes the time of everyone involved. It wastes the time of the student because they aren’t learning anything. It wastes the time of the professor who has to search for the original sources of the plagiarized works. And it wastes the time of the committee formed to decide the fate of the student. The author mentions several times his distaste for having to search: “Though I should not have had time to play detective, I made room among all the duties of my life to pursue this student.” (900). Murphy was disappointed in his own inability to drop the case, needing to follow it to it’s conclusion despite his busy

Two popular historians Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin, Goodwin show signs of plagiarism contained in the ''The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys'' to Ambrose book ''Kathleen Kennedy: Her Life and Times”. This was discovered while reviewing Goodwin’s book, although the review was kind, a copyright lawyer was then hired which ended in satisfactory. There was many attempts to make plagiarism seem right with artistic and historical thing beforehand which can be excused as a popular writer can use any material that they seem to like. But when the plagiarized material was taken away the text was anything besides the main idea. Plagiarism is always bad whether the article plagiarized was published

Plagiarism, defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary, is “the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person”, but in simpler terms is the wrongful copying of another’s work for your own(Merriam-Webster). Plagiarism though seeming like a simple offense, can cause the downfall, if not caught, of a creative person and their work. However when justice is served, and the plagiarizer is caught, they can lose everything from their reputation to even their job. Even though plagiarism seems like a common sense crime not to commit, people such as Joe Biden, Jane Goodall, and even president Barack Obama, have been found to plagiarize another’s work. For the purpose of this essay, Jayson Blair, a once up and coming

In 2005, freelance writer Barbara Stewart of the Boston Globe fabricated a story about a Canadian seal hunt. She reported that the story had already happened, when in fact it had been delayed due to weather. She wrote as if she were at the hunt, when in fact she was not even at the site where the seal hunt occurred.

Stevenson School is a private school located on the Pebble Beach, California. “Copyright laws are designed to protect the original works of authors, artists, and musicians. Plagiarism is the passing off of someone else's creation as one's own. It is illegal, and it is a violation of Stevenson's Honor Code.” (Stevenson) Few of the major situations that may involve academic dishonesty are cheating, stealing, lying, etc.. Comparing to our school, Stevenson Honor Code involves students’ personal performance instead of only academic performance. Like KAS, students who have seen other people violating Honor Code are considered as guilty as the

The two essays, “What is Wrong with a Forgery,” by Alfred Lessing and “Artistic Crimes,” by Denis Dutton, explore the different reasons that they give negative connotation to the concept of an artistic forgery. Each author concludes that a forgery is indeed wrongful, however their reasons for this conclusion differ in several distinct ways. This essay will summarize both authors’ main points and compare and contrast the fundamental differences of their arguments.

He was placed into a situation where he had to decide between his own reputation and the safety of other people. He had to assess the good consequences (a safe skyscraper) and the bad consequences (a potential harm to his reputation by admitting that the tower was faulty), and weigh the outcomes. He acknowledged his errors in engineering the Citicorp Tower and he acted as a faithful agent to his employer by telling them this. He ultimately fixed the tower and kept the public safe, which according to the first fundamental canon of the NSPE code of ethics is the most important rule of practice for

The world of art is plagued by forgeries. In the case of some artists, such as Vermeer, there are often nearly as many fakes out there as there are genuine pieces. The infamous forger Han van Meegeren was known to have made at least 11 forged Vermeer’s that were accepted as genuine until his arrest in the 1940’s (Wynne, 257). Wolfgang Beltracchi made millions selling pieces that his wife claimed to have inherited from an uncle, telling brokers, art historians, and museums that the pieces were rare works, previously unseen. In actuality, Beltracchi was using modern techniques to make paintings in the style of 20th century masters (Birkenstock, Beltracchi). These are genuine criminals, no different than people who scam the elderly via email or

The intention of the artist was fully honourable, however, what he intended to come across did not come across to these people.