Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Rippin' it
Correspondents have a whole lot easier time nowadays, when they can spend more time enjoying drinks in a trendy bar at their foreign locations and then just rip their news pieces from foreign websites instead of actually going out there and do some investigative reporting themselves.
Take this example - Per Bjurman. He used to be the domestic pop-wizard at the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet. For some reason, he was promoted to be the paper's correspondent in New York.
For all who understand Swedish, compare his Aftonbladet article about NY Rangers with this story from Rangers' homepage. The capture, as well as all the quotes are identical. But no source is ever mentioned. And this Bjurman piece is also ripped from NY Rangers' homepage - every single quote - without even mentioning it.
Take this example - Per Bjurman. He used to be the domestic pop-wizard at the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet. For some reason, he was promoted to be the paper's correspondent in New York.
For all who understand Swedish, compare his Aftonbladet article about NY Rangers with this story from Rangers' homepage. The capture, as well as all the quotes are identical. But no source is ever mentioned. And this Bjurman piece is also ripped from NY Rangers' homepage - every single quote - without even mentioning it.
