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> Barrett was a known plagiarist before The Atlantic granted her the assignment This here is the problem. Back in my days being caught plagiarizing or faking f
by crowf 6y ago
> Barrett was a known plagiarist before The Atlantic granted her the assignment
This here is the problem. Back in my days being caught plagiarizing or faking facts basically expelled you from publishing for life. Journalists will only start caring about facts ones the consequences for getting caught are high enough.
- smcl 6y agoThis surprises me too. Particularly since traditional media seem to be struggling and have endured decades of falling profits and belt-tightening. You'd imagine that competition for journalist positions would be tight and one of the easiest "filters" would be "Did this person leave a recent job because of plagiarism?"