Yes it is...and it's so easy to fall into the trap of just going online or going into a text to find an explanation for something someone said, which is why it is very very important to attribute everything to the correct source of information. I learned that. Unfortunately for Hari, his was too big to just say sorry.
Aabida, what do you see as the circumstances that make this trap 'so easy to fall into' for the working journalist? You say you learned that. Would you be willing to share with the group?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/8763841/Journalist-Johann-Hari-returns-George-Orwell-prize-after-admitting-plagiarism.html
ReplyDeleteYes it is...and it's so easy to fall into the trap of just going online or going into a text to find an explanation for something someone said, which is why it is very very important to attribute everything to the correct source of information. I learned that. Unfortunately for Hari, his was too big to just say sorry.
ReplyDeleteAabida, what do you see as the circumstances that make this trap 'so easy to fall into' for the working journalist? You say you learned that. Would you be willing to share with the group?
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