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Originally Posted by Heyitsrick
So, here's the guy who is the co-founder and still CEO of Snopes having to admit he plagiarized tons of articles over quite a few years...but "it's refreshing", according to some here. Unreal.
This is deflection central, of course, because the thread soon turned to those outlets who - according to some - aren't as "refreshing" as this "employee" who holds 50% of the company's stock, as he's been characterized.
Why, those right-wingers and their companies/organizations would never act in such a refreshing way! No siree bub!
Good grief. The guy got caught. End of story. He really had no choice but to admit to it. Well, at least he had a good excuse, right?
"Mikkelson did not immediately return an Associated Press email seeking comment Saturday. He told BuzzFeed his behavior was due to a lack of formal journalism experience".
Prominent fact-checker Snopes apologizes for plagiarism - ABC News
In other words, he just wasn't aware that gratuitously taking the work of others and slapping his pseudonym to it was unethical. If he only knew about formal journalism...
This man is guilty of egregious professional behavior. There's no "refreshing" aspect of him having to admit the obvious. The thing is, everyone here knows it. What would really be "refreshing" would be if those here trying to assuage these acts would actually admit it.
See, what would be refreshing would be people here saying something like "this man has damaged the Snopes brand. He should step down!" Instead, it's "hey, just because he stole the work of others doesn't mean the work isn't true!" Really? That's the take on this? Oy. |
Yeah, as we are told......this is simply a sign of being weak. As we have been told, if he just kept saying it, “they” will believe it.
And for what you want “people here” to say.....somebody will.