Though some journalists may claim to have legitimate reasons for using a pseudonym — a dissident reporting from an authoritarian country, for example — the practice is widely frowned upon. It is especially unusual for the head of a site like Snopes to write stories using both his own byline and a pseudonym, potentially implicating Mikkelson in the same kind of deceptive behavior that the site has spent more than 25 years interrogating. The journalist, Dean Sterling Jones, shared with Snopes Managing Editor Doreen Marchionni more than two dozen examples of what appeared to be sentences or paragraphs from various news sites pasted into Snopes news stories without appropriate attribution.
Most of the stories were published roughly between and under a generic "Snopes Staff" byline or under the defunct pseudonym "Jeff Zarronandia. In his research, Jones said he also spoke with former employees, who alleged Mikkelson had sent memos to staff during that time that could be construed as him encouraging unethical reporting practices.
Upon informing Mikkelson of the allegations, Marchionni has had free rein to conduct an investigation into the issue. Mikkelson has been cooperating with the newsroom on all related efforts. We want to thank Jones for his reporting. It's an example of dogged, watchdog journalism we cherish. Our staff has moved quickly to fix the problem, and we now want to share with our community what we have done:. Marchionni then verified her initial findings with the help ofplagiarism detection software.
Our internal research so far has found a total of 54 stories Mikkelson published that used appropriated material, including all of the stories Buzzfeed shared with us.
An editor's note on each post will explain the source-attribution problem in the original story and link to the original news source s Associated Press, ABC News, etc.
We will attempt to contact each news outlet whose reporting we appropriated to issue an apology. Let us be clear: Plagiarism undermines our mission and values, full stop. It has no place in any context within this organization. We invite readers to let us know here if they find any other examples of plagiarized content so that we can apply the same treatment as above. We talk often in the newsroom about the priceless value of reputation — that we are worth no more than the credibility we maintain with our community.
Our reputation is dependent on our ability to get things right, and more importantly, to quickly correct the record when we are wrong. We are committed to a lifetime of atonement through the rigorous pursuit of the facts, especially in scenarios such as this.
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Use it only to lead you to their references where you can link to and read the sources for yourself. Plus, you can always google a subject and do the research yourself. This widely circulated e-mail contains a number of false claims about the urban legend-busting Snopes. At issue is a sign Gregg posted last summer outside his office in Mandeville, La.
What she said was:. State Farm: Management requested the sign be removed as soon as its presence became known. It was taken down on July 3, The company does not endorse candidates, nor take sides in political campaigns.
He says he sent the insurance agent an e-mail, but did not receive a response. We asked David.
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