Three journalists at Sankei Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, have been punished as a result of plagiarism allegations stemming from an article about an Italian figure skater, The Japan Times reports.
The article, which was published in January, included “phrases that were almost identical to those that previously appeared on a private blog,” according to The Japan times. The journalist who wrote the article will receive a pay cut, and the paper “reprimanded” two of his supervisors:
The Jan. 27 sports story about Carolina Kostner, a female Italian figure skater, purported to cite a sports news website in Italy. However, it was later found that part of the article was based on the Japanese translation of Italian articles by a Japanese blogger.
(h/t iMediaEthics)
