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Pretty sure they teach elementary school kids that copying off the kid next to you is not ok. High school would get you a 0 score plus a trip to detention for any cases of plagiarism. Maybe the journalist is an AI bot 🤖?

In 4th grade I turned in a "paper" in my Colorado History class about Zebulon Pyke in which I just reworded each sentence about Pyke in our textbook, and I STILL FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT!

Lol “if you have concerns” yes I have concerns

I do believe I listed out my concerns, ma'am, there's no "if" about it!

Please tell me you are going to just forward the original, with the reply, and cc the “author”

The impertinence of '*my* article'

So this is unfortunately common in British "journalism," where sleaze is good & they think it's clever to plagiarize, fabricate sources & quotes, lift other people's reporting, &c. American newspapers pull this too, ofc. But it's a little more frowned on here. Her editors will probably promote her

Yeah, it's notable to me that the recent no-credit offenders were two British outlets and an Irish one that imagines itself to be the Irish New York Times, which is fitting since NYT is also famous for not crediting.

"Thank you for reaching out" Yeah, to strangle a plagiarizing harpy.

When I was a young reporter forced to do aggregation-style stories, if I had gotten an email like the one I sent her, I would breathing into a paper bag, calling my mom, gathering my purse and leaving the newsroom forever. Even if what the journalist said wasn't true! And in this case it is true!

I have too much to do to be this mad. I have another insane story of injustice I'm working on and too many people to ask for comment. I have to believe this is all worth it, I just have to. ✌️