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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
It shouldn't be "refreshing." It should be typical, expected, no less than professional behavior. I'm sad that this is refreshing because it means most other places don't offer transparency, and admit when they make a mistake.
To me, Snopes is a reliable fact-checking resource, and always has been.
Note that in this apology, there is no mention that anything plagiarized was untrue. Facts are still facts, no matter where they came from, and whether or not you credited its source correctly or not.
If I say Thomas Edison invented the first electric refrigerator, I would be wrong. The credit for that invention goes to Fred W. Wolf.
However, the fact that the electric refrigerator was invented, can't be disputed. It's still fact, regardless of who invented it.
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Thank you. It is "refreshing" to know I was wrong since I thought it was George Westinghouse
On the other hand, "Google" tells me:
"Who is the inventor of the modern refrigerator?
The American inventors Oliver Evans, Jacob Perkins, and John Gorrie are credited with developing the earliest versions of the modern refrigerator in the early 1800s. Later that century, the work of German engineer Carl von Linden allowed chemical refrigerant to be stored efficiently, paving the way for mass production of refrigerators."
So I guess we're 0 for 2
