CNN ran the material through plagiarism-flagging software, according to the CNN source. That initial scan, says the source, turned up “two or three things,” which caused a deeper examination of “all of [Marie Louise Gumuchian’s] work.” That uncovered an “insane” number of problems, according to the source.
Fifty stories plagiarized. Probably more. The investigation is ongoing.
As UD always says, plagiarism is like Lays Potato Chips. Bet you can’t copy just one.
As UD also always says, Gumuchian’s next move is too obvious for words. It’s just a matter of which mental disorder she chooses. She’s probably studying the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual even as we blog.
May 16th, 2014 at 10:49AM
studying a primary text sounds too much like research, I imagine she’ll just cut&paste someone’s…
May 16th, 2014 at 10:58AM
I suppose it’s a variety of paraphilia. Always Reuters, doncha know.
May 16th, 2014 at 11:21AM
MattF: Yes, paraphilia will do nicely.
May 17th, 2014 at 8:22AM
Back in the 90’s, I had an internship with Pacifica Radio in L.A., in their news department. Three main news wires were present in ours, and nearly every news room, AP, Reuters and City News Service. When this story first broke, I thought the person that got canned couldn’t have been stupid enough to plagiarize any of those three, it would have been apparent to any experienced journalist where she was getting her material. I put too much faith in MSM news editors….