I was looking at an article in the LifeTime section of the JEP on page 17 of the edition of Wednesday 10 June 2009 under the headline "Heating Disorders". Out of interest I typed a phrase from the article into Google - the phrase with quotes was "they can include red skin that's hot to the touch".
Low and behold an amazingly similar article appeared in the Irish News online on the 2 June 2009. Isn't amazing how two people could write such similar articles almost word for word.
It shows a lack of original thought and if the article is to be published why not credit the original author or indeed tell us that it is sourced from somewhere and inform us of the source.
Maybe the JEP doesn't think the Internet exists or any one would bother to undertake such a trivial exercise.
The Google cached link to the Irish News is here (using firefox)
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The Filthy Rag hasn't got one original thought in it's head.
They rely on regurgitated shite and a phone-call or two to publish the entire paper.
A sorry, sorry, Filthy, Filthy Rag
You could say the same about 60% of all newspaper content. Only 30% of news these days consists of original pieces written in-house. 30% consists of PR material which is hardly altered before being used; the other 30% is picked up from the wire, AP and Reuters. Those stories are often copied without being changed.
Watch BBC 'News' 24 and you will often hear them say, 'We're just picking up from AP', or similar and they are sitting there reading stories that are being simultaneously picked up by other news outlets around the world.
That's why it isn't journalism, although it might qualify as news. The JEP is no more lazy or guilty than any other local news outlet, which is not a defence.
This article was attributed to Gabrielle Fagan in other newspapers (I couldn't find the Irish News one). Do you know who it was attributed to in the JEP? Maybe they're just buying in generic articles to cut costs.
I believe Kathryn Lundy wrote the article.
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