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I agree. That's why it is our responsibility to parade the other names out
and discuss the bigger issues that you note here.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anita Fleming-Rife [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 4:46 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: blair
Ali,
Thanks for the query. I agree with you. I was surprised that
one of the allegations against him included: "never leaving the
newsroom--covering news by phone" because, I was shocked to see this
as everyday practice at the Philadelphia Inquirer last summer, this
practice seemed to be the norm. Most people did not go on the
streets--the phone was the most used tool for gathering news. I
agree with you about how common place plagiarism has become. Even so,
I do not condone it or defend it, but unless a whole string of others
who have been accused in the past few years are brought before a
judge and jury at AEJ, then he should not either. The only name that
is consistently cited in journalism text books when it comes to
plagiarism is Janet Cooke and a good many others have been accused
before and after her. I would hate to see Blair added as the second
consistent one to be recorded in the annals of journalism history.
--
A. Fleming-Rife, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
304A James
College of Communications
The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA 16802
(O) 814-865-8135
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