TACOMA, Wash. -- A veteran reporter for The News Tribune of Tacoma resigned after editors questioned whether sources quoted in some of his stories existed.
Bart Ripp resigned two weeks ago, the newspaper said. He had been a journalist for 32 years, the past 15 with The News Tribune as a feature writer, historian and restaurant critic.
Just saw "Shattered Glass" on the flight out to Phoenix. Amazing treatment of that story - lacking the edge that existed back in 1998. The majority of Glass's New Republic articles contained major falsehoods, but they were not discovered until he published his 41st piece and someone at another publication smelled a rat. Since Glass accused conservatives of being drug users, abusers of women. law breakers and hypocrites in general - there was no reason for his editors to be suspicious - since his fiction supported the preconceptions of his editors and publisher. Absolutely shameful - I hope that TNR's circulation remains in the basement until folding.
This one too (and the paper had hired him knowing he had done this before):
(disclaimer: The guy worked with my husband, and at our house before (as an office away from the office) and seemed like a nice guy, just lazy I guess)
Telegraph reporter fired after questions raised about stories
snip>> A Telegraph reporter was fired Friday after editors were notified of similarities between a story he wrote in October 2003 and one that previously appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Khalil Abdullah's story, about declining enrollment in high school automotive technology classes, contained several passages that were nearly identical to paragraphs from the Union-Tribune story, which was published July 14, 2003.
Abdullah, who covered education for The Telegraph, admitted Saturday that he had copied material from other newspapers but said he was unsure why he did it.
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Here is a list of what stories he had containing plagiarism:
The Telegraph stories' dates and topics:
• Dec. 18, 2002: High school students' search for a college (Associated Press, Nov. 22, 2002)
• Jan. 8, 2003: Shoeshine men (New York Times, June 3, 2001)
• Feb. 9, 2003: A Fort Valley State University history professor (Detroit Free Press, Feb. 16, 2001)
• April 9, 2003: Freshman orientation at local colleges (Baltimore Sun, Dec. 11, 2002)
• June 16, 2003: Freshmen enrolling in college during summer classes (St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 5, 2002)
• Aug. 3, 2003: The No Child Left Behind Act's definition of "persistently dangerous" schools (The State, Jan. 26, 2003)
• Aug. 18, 2003: Efforts to improve test scores at Bernd Elementary School and other Bibb County schools (St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 4, 2002)
• Aug. 25, 2003: No Child Left Behind law's effect on special education (The Oregonian, Aug. 16, 2003)
• Sept. 11, 2003: Increased interest in local Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs (St. Petersburg Times, Sept. 29, 2002)
• Sept. 16, 2003: Growing number of male teachers (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 8, 2001)
• Oct. 23, 2003: Declining interest in high school automotive technology classes (San Diego Union-Tribune, July 14, 2003)
• Oct. 25, 2003: The tradition of high school class rings (St. Petersburg Times, March 18, 2001)
• Nov. 4, 2003: Paperwork competes for the time of school counselors (St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 19, 2000)
• Dec. 8, 2003: 100 Black Men of Macon's efforts to provide scholarships for children at Ingram-Pye Elementary (The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 1997)
• Dec. 31, 2003: Increasing number of grandparents who raise their grandchildren (St. Petersburg Times, Sept. 7, 1998)
• Feb. 2, 2004: Interns working at the state Capitol (The Washington Post, June 24, 2003)
• Feb. 9, 2004: Students taking six years to earn their college degrees (The Dallas Morning News, Nov. 10, 2001)
• Feb. 21, 2004: A teacher-mentoring program (The Washington Post, March 5, 1995)
• Feb. 25, 2004: Penmanship in elementary schools (The Associated Press, June 9, 2003)
• March 1, 2004: The state's need for special education teachers (St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 12, 2001)
