Nominations Open:
2006 Press Plagiarist of the Year
This unique, specially commissioned, beautiful trophy and conceptual artwork representing the until now under-recognised journalistic skills of cutting and pasting will once again be awarded to the journalist nominated by blog readers to have excelled in this under-recognised area.
This year we are making two changes to the award - an international category to recognise the efforts of foreign journalists. The winner of the UK award will, in addition to the trophy, also receive a specially drafted Claim for Monies Owed from the Courts.
Let Guido remind you of the nomination criteria: a story has to be pinched from an original blog source, either verbatim or in essence, and no credit / payment given to the original source. This qualifies as plagiarism. Similar stories on subjects eliciting similar comments do not pass this test, since even lazy journalists can have the same ideas as brilliant bloggers.
International interest in this award is high, nominees will be nerve wracked. Get nominating...
This year we are making two changes to the award - an international category to recognise the efforts of foreign journalists. The winner of the UK award will, in addition to the trophy, also receive a specially drafted Claim for Monies Owed from the Courts.
Let Guido remind you of the nomination criteria: a story has to be pinched from an original blog source, either verbatim or in essence, and no credit / payment given to the original source. This qualifies as plagiarism. Similar stories on subjects eliciting similar comments do not pass this test, since even lazy journalists can have the same ideas as brilliant bloggers.
International interest in this award is high, nominees will be nerve wracked. Get nominating...
32 comments:
Looks more like a pot of Tippex than a pot of glue to me.....
"since even lazy journlists..."
Can we try to reduce tautologies in our posts, Guido.
Does stealing quotes from the comments section, and publishing them verbatim as coming from sources the journalist himself has interviewed count?
this is brilliant Mr Fawkes....I wish you and your fellow bloggers the best of luck in sorting the "dead" wood.
thanks.
Will nominated plagiarists again be let off if they agree to 'contribute' to the Margaux fund, and can we nominate any of last years' nominees or winners again?
Copy from one blog, that's plagiarism. Copy from a few. That's research.
The old cod's redundant thoughts on peerage in the weekend magazine from the gruniad? What did he do, ask you to think for him?
Do these awards have anything to do with you researching said nomineees to see how many invoices you can raise against them.
If so it's a great revenue generating idea. You are to be commended.
Hey! How did Hezzbolah enjoy those kosher pizzas?
Pandora of The Independent gets my vote. Although less flagrant of late - I think the hack originally responsible may have done the clever thing and left.
You have to feel sorry for the Indy. It's all intern's copy and the ravings of mad old men (Carr, Fisk) these days. I'm off to read The Telegraph.
Croydonian said...
"Looks more like a pot of Tippex than a pot of glue to me....."
I think you are indeed correct - but this should not detract from what is undoubtedly an extremely handsome trophy.
Damn, looks as if all those "hat-tip" stories, where the article is lifted, but there is a faux reference to an earlier author (as if he/she gave consent for his/her story to be ripped off, but of course they didn't) are ruled out. This doesn't leave much to go on, just the out and out fakers.
William Hague for his book on Pitt
While not exactly plagiarism of a blog per se I nominate the 'Tradesman' column from The Sportsman which has been accused of lifting sections of text from Sporting Life's bettingzone.co.uk site articles during the 2006 World Cup tournament.
An example from bettingzone reads,
"Germany's shoot-on-sight policy reached a new level against Sweden with those 29 attempts."
This was followed next day in the Sportsman by an article reading,
"Germany's shoot-on-sight policy reached a new level with an incredible 29 shots."
The Guardian wrote a small piece about this here.
Can we include politicians
Blair, Camron and the DPM all spring to mind
hmmm... 'feel like missing news paper smell...
take care & good luck
Mary ann seighart, who plagiarises the tedious minutaiae of her own life -- my good friend cherie (why doesn't anyone else love her?), my holiday, my bee-sting -- to make the times even more tedious than it already is.
Guido,
Your last post @ 10:55 AM Saturday
Dale's @ 2:29 PM Saturday
Loads of fun in Mail today; at least half a dozen stories one or other of you might have broken first.
Not a lot of blog 'source' for the journos to steal.
can i nominate the bbc website for nicking its webgraphics off a site, not crediting and then claiming they did it themselves until faced with legal action or does it apply to written work only?
if Richard Littlejohn doesn't win it - he has every right to write -
WE WUZ ROBBED
This looks like a unique, specially commissioned, beautiful trophy and conceptual artwork representing the until now under-recognised journalistic skills of cutting and pasting. Will it once again be awarded to the journalist nominated by blog readers to have excelled in this under-recognised area?
This year I suggest making two changes to the award - an international category to recognise the efforts of foreign journalists. Perhaps the winner of the UK award should, in addition to the trophy, also receive a specially drafted Claim for Monies Owed from the Courts.
I would suggest Guido for the award, for shamefully copying the sentiments of the Aaronovitch shower in his "Pizza for the IDF post".
:-)
Certainly not Nick Robinson, who is seen looking impressive here whilst Blair flounders.
Most of the Daily Express - less the usual Diana bits - would get my vote
Mary Ann Sieghart, ............a woman who strives to be Polly Toynbee........
"Pandora of The Independent gets my vote. Although less flagrant of late - I think the hack originally responsible may have done the clever thing and left."
You mean the hapless Guy Adams has bu--ered off? I do hope so. If they could get rid of Janet Street Porter as well I might even start reading it again.
Nope, Guy's gone to news...
How about Jeremy Bowen for blatently copying what Hezbollah put out in their press releases....and failing to do the same for the IDF ones for some reason!
Definitely got to be Stephen Dempster of Northern Ireland's daily - "Newsletter" - every single issue consists of just cut-and-pasted press releases from Ian Paisley's website...
I have apparently been nominated by some twat on Boris Johnson's blog. No idea what for, but as I have zero pride and a great hunger for fame:
VOTE FOR ME!!!
(I could use a free t-shirt...it comes with a shirt, right?)
Wait, caffeine just kicked in. It was for the Mirror taking my comment on the bojo blog out of context. D'oh.
I hate having to set the record straight, dammit. Soooo Web 1.0.
Can I nominate David Cameron for plagiarising Tony Blair as seen in the clip "Copycat Cameron"?
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