tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post3526662434253900702..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Phoenix | WashPo apologizes for plagiarized storiesJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-85287960133192266002011-03-18T10:27:21.361-04:002011-03-18T10:27:21.361-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.stock tipshttp://www.optiontips.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-81091587011669266262011-03-17T21:47:30.493-04:002011-03-17T21:47:30.493-04:00Friends,
HR departments sometimes rule in setting ...Friends,<br />HR departments sometimes rule in setting review. Suspension can include further review to develop a legally tight case for dismissal. We all know it's best when you can say, rule broken and you are gone, but the legal system has made it tou on employers firing people.<br />Give WAPO some credit for first finding how culpable they might be in enabling and trying to get the bottomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-73124755916805987472011-03-17T16:27:49.274-04:002011-03-17T16:27:49.274-04:00Three month suspension? Give me a break! She shoul...Three month suspension? Give me a break! She should be exiled from the business. Although I guess she could become a talking head. Maybe Spitzer would like a new partner on CNN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-14459074203493132432011-03-17T16:23:15.654-04:002011-03-17T16:23:15.654-04:00You've got that right, Jim. Janet Cooke fabric...You've got that right, Jim. Janet Cooke fabricated every inch of her story. She could have made a bundle selling it as fiction, but instead chose to lie to the readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-49272870919848096802011-03-17T16:20:29.721-04:002011-03-17T16:20:29.721-04:00Deadline pressure? That's a reason? Makes me w...Deadline pressure? That's a reason? Makes me wonder about everything else Horwitz wrote.<br /><br />And where is Janet Cooke these days? I remember that Gannett hired her not long after she was fired from the WP. How anyone could ever give her a press job again is beyond me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-21055524509963837362011-03-17T10:49:10.877-04:002011-03-17T10:49:10.877-04:007:06 What Horwitz did was bad. What Cooke did was ...7:06 What Horwitz did was bad. What Cooke did was far worse: She fabricated an entire story.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-53409983064115628602011-03-17T09:49:59.660-04:002011-03-17T09:49:59.660-04:00Why is it when someone of supposed "prominenc...Why is it when someone of supposed "prominence" in our profession like her violates the main rule of our profession...... we call it "unfortunate"?<br /><br />Unfortunate?<br /><br />No, wrong word. Pitiful, pathetic, typical of today's reporters, scurilous... all these comes to mind.<br /><br />But I just love it when it is one of our own... we call the act "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-50607974429563816532011-03-17T07:06:55.675-04:002011-03-17T07:06:55.675-04:00Janet Cooke, African-American, young: Fired.
Sari ...Janet Cooke, African-American, young: Fired.<br />Sari Horwitz, white, middle aged: 3 month suspension.<br />HmmmmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-24226982872593065162011-03-16T23:04:49.526-04:002011-03-16T23:04:49.526-04:00Suspended for plagiarizing...she'll be hired b...Suspended for plagiarizing...she'll be hired by HuffPo tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-52535247812324624012011-03-16T22:59:52.693-04:002011-03-16T22:59:52.693-04:00She's been suspended:
http://www.washingtonpos...She's been suspended:<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-post-suspends-reporter-for-plagiarizing-stories-on-tucson-shooting/2011/03/16/ABzKfHh_story.html?hpid=z3<br />Not punishment enough, in my view. She's notorious for this, but she is much loved by the powers that be. If they do a Jack Kelley investigation on her, they are going to find a hell of a lot of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com