J. Adrian Stanley
Colorado Springs Independent
Published 12/20/2007
Excerpt:
Robert Steele, a nationally known authority on ethics for The
Poynter Institute, a journalism resource center, says Looper must be
held accountable for the "oversight."
"When we write something using the specific words or exact
thoughts of other writers, we should give clear and appropriate
attribution to the other writer," Steele says. "When material appears
under our byline, our authorship name, we have responsibility for it...If we fail to measure up, then the responsibility and the
consequences are ours."
Looper could see some backlash from papers that have eagerly printed her columns in the past.
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