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Not plagiarized, but quoted, I suspect
October 23, 2008
by Fred Bortz,
1 year 5 weeks ago
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Anonymous writes: "Makes me wonder whether this article has been plagiarised from somewhere."
Like most of BJS's postings here, this is probably a news release from the public information office of an organization.
When they send out a news release, they hope it is picked up verbatim by various news outlets, including this one.
In my own blog here, I occasionally reproduce a news release, noting the source explicitly. But I also add a bit of commentary, so it is important for my readers to know where the release ends and my commentary begins.
I hope that clarifies the difference between BJS's approach of passing along news that he thinks is useful and my approach of offering occasional commentary on the news.
Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)