BusinessWeek accused of plagiarism.
September 4, 2001 8:11 PM Subscribe
BusinessWeek accused of plagiarism. This is a real bitch fight, that includes e-mails from a BusinessWeek reporter, and the technology and main editor. John Layne of the Online Journalist Review has accused BusinessWeek of plagiarism in connection with a story authored by Jane Black which was posted on BusinessWeek.com on
August 28, 2001. He claimed that their story copies his article "Crikey!
Lone Wolf Web Publisher Outrages Australia," which appeared on August 14, 2001, on OJR.org. It is one thing for a tinpot publication to plagiarise, but you expect better of BusinessWeek.
When reading the two articles seperately, the plagerism didn't stand out at me.
But then I read Ken's article. I can't believe Ms. Black thought she could get away with such blatant theft.
Business Week's editor sent a snarky response to OJR: we amended the article and attributed you as a source, but you focused only on Mayne, whereas our article had a much broader theme. Yet they failed to address why entire paragraphs were virtual copies of Ken Layne's work.
posted by jennak at 9:20 AM on September 5, 2001
But then I read Ken's article. I can't believe Ms. Black thought she could get away with such blatant theft.
Business Week's editor sent a snarky response to OJR: we amended the article and attributed you as a source, but you focused only on Mayne, whereas our article had a much broader theme. Yet they failed to address why entire paragraphs were virtual copies of Ken Layne's work.
posted by jennak at 9:20 AM on September 5, 2001
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