Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Aftonbladet admits plagiarism
Some recent development after the Rippin' it post below.
Aftonbladet's US correspondent Per Bjurman claims that he never met with Panthers' Olli Jokinen nor with NY Rangers' Swedish goalie Henrik Lundqvist, even though his article (in Aftonbladet) on the Rangers-Panthers game clearly suggests that he did. It included several quotes that were identitical with the quotes in the Associated Press (AP) piece, also featured on Rangers' homepage on the latest game.
According to Bjurman, he handed in his article "directly after the game" and assumes that the news desk must have added the quotes from AP without his knowledge. He also concurs that in doing so it would have been a good journalistic standard to include the actual source.
Yes, this is a silly game of hockey. Nothing big and fancy about it. So why take offense? Because journalistic standards matter. Using plagiarism at occassions like this begs the question whether such behaviors can occur even at times of greater importance.
Here are some samples from the articles that - word by word - make the them a tantalizing read side by side.
Aftonbladet's US correspondent Per Bjurman claims that he never met with Panthers' Olli Jokinen nor with NY Rangers' Swedish goalie Henrik Lundqvist, even though his article (in Aftonbladet) on the Rangers-Panthers game clearly suggests that he did. It included several quotes that were identitical with the quotes in the Associated Press (AP) piece, also featured on Rangers' homepage on the latest game.
According to Bjurman, he handed in his article "directly after the game" and assumes that the news desk must have added the quotes from AP without his knowledge. He also concurs that in doing so it would have been a good journalistic standard to include the actual source.
Yes, this is a silly game of hockey. Nothing big and fancy about it. So why take offense? Because journalistic standards matter. Using plagiarism at occassions like this begs the question whether such behaviors can occur even at times of greater importance.
Here are some samples from the articles that - word by word - make the them a tantalizing read side by side.
The Aftonbladet article:
" Lundqvist har bevisat att han är en bra målvakt och han är säkert glad för sin första nolla i NHL, men vi kan inte ge honom beröm. Vi gjorde honom bra, hävdar Olli Jokinen"
The Associated Press article:
"He's a proven goalie in Europe, [...] Jokinen said "'but we made him look good."
The Associated Press article:
" "I've been close before, so it felt good to get this one," Lundqvist said. "We played well the whole game. The guys played really well in front of me and that allowed me to focus on my game. The whole team is confident. We're having a lot of fun." "
The Aftonbladet article:
" Jag har varit nära förut, så det kändes skönt att spika igen den här
gången, säger "Henke"." [...] " Killarna spelade väldigt bra framför mig så
att jag kunde fokusera på mitt eget spel. Hela laget spelar bra, vi har helt
enkelt jäkligt kul."
