In the second of three articles looking at the state of journalism and newspapers in the UAE, Bikram Vohra argues that plagiarism is causing untold damage to the industry
“If I was asked to offer odds on how many of our journalists plagiarise copy I’d cheerfully give 10 to one on it being more than 60 per cent of anyone’s editorial staff. The curious part is that most of them
do not think of it as wrong. Whenever I have been confronted with a case there has been this ‘so what’s wrong, everyone does it’ defence, as if it was mere bagatelle and the search engines of the net were some sort of cosmic every man’s land from where you could steal with impunity.
Seeing as how we still
To continue reading this article you need to be registered with Campaign. Registration is free and only takes a minute. Register Now or sign in below if you already have an account.
