http://www.metafilter.com/tags/plagiarists Posts tagged with 'plagiarists' at MetaFilter. Sat, 10 May 2003 10:14:23 -0800 Sat, 10 May 2003 10:14:23 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/25689/The%2DGrey%2DLady%2DFalters <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/national/11PAPE.html">Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception</a> The New York Times runs a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/national/11PAPE.html"></a>long article detailing its preliminary findings in the matter of Jayson Blair, The Times' young staff reporter who made up sources, facts, and anecdotes in potentially hundreds of stories. Does this investigation help the Times avoid permanent disgrace? Or does this just confirm what you've always <a href="http://www.smartertimes.com/archive_index.html">thought about the Times?</a> Slate magazine is attributing part of the problem to <a href="http://slate.msn.com/id/2082661/">affirmative action</a> (Blair is black). Is AA <a href="http://www2.observer.com/observer/pages/offtherec.asp">relevant here?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.25689 Sat, 10 May 2003 10:14:23 -0800 affirmativeaction blair fabrications fraud jaysonblair journalism journalists kaus media mickeykaus news newspapers newyorktimes nyt nytimes plagiarism plagiarists press reporters reporting slate hhc5