When newspapers reprint newspapers reprinting other newspapers

Am I reading the UK Telegraph or Canada’s Globe and Mail?

A Globe journo wrote a piece earlier this week about our man Biebs on his South American tour, and while he gave a clear acknowledgement that The Telegraph reported on the event, the Globe article goes on to reprint, in some cases word for word, complete sentences as they were reported in both The Telegraph and the Daily Mail Online. The elements of the Globe piece that are straight lifts from other newspapers aren’t in quotes or anything that might tell the Canadian newspaper’s own subscribers that what they are reading are actually the specific published words of the employees of British newspapers or a Brazilian media outlet.

Is this the “new” form of journalism, even if the world of paywalls?:

From The Telegraph

Bieber, who was kicking off the Brazil leg of his Believe tour, had already irritated fans by arriving an hour and 20 minutes late to the Anhembi Arena.

He was also more than three hours late for a meet and greet with fans who had paid up to £1,000 to spend a few seconds with him.

From The Globe and Mail:

As reported in the Brazilian media, fans were already ticked that he showed up 20 minutes late to his concert at Anhembi Arena.

Bieber also showed up more than three hours late for a scheduled meet-and-greet with fans, some of whom had paid more than $1,500 to spend a few moments with him.

From The Telegraph

Felipe Gladiador, who was reviewing the show for Brazil’s G7 website, said: “The scene was so shocking that even his dancers couldn’t believe what they had seen.

“The fans didn’t know what was going on and stayed in their seats half an hour, hoping that he would come back to finish the show.

“The public called for him, sang Baby, and yet nothing. The lights came on, Bieber’s team started to take the equipment away and the fans realised it wasn’t going to happen. In the end there was no farewell, no thanks and no rendition of his most famous song.”

From the Globe and Mail:

Brazilian journalist Felipe Gladiador, who was reviewing the concert for Brazil’s G7 website described the moment: “The scene was so shocking that even his dancers couldn’t believe what they had seen.”

“The fans didn’t know what was going on and stayed in their seats half an hour, hoping that he would come back to finish the show.

“The public called for him, sang Baby, and yet nothing. The lights came on, Bieber’s team started to take the equipment away and the fans realized it wasn’t going to happen. In the end, there was no farewell, no thanks and no rendition of his most famous song.”

From The Telegraph

Justin Bieber has incensed fans in Brazil after storming off stage because someone threw a water bottle at him.

The bottle knocked the microphone out of the hand of the singer, 19, who looked into the crowd before turning and walking off without saying goodbye.

Last night Bieber had become the butt of jokes about the incident, with a Twitter account created for the offending water bottle already having two million followers.

One post read: “Stop judging me, I just wanted to touch Justin like the rest of you.”

Another said: “I’m getting threats of recycling! Stop it. My intention wasn’t to hurt him, just to get to know him.”

From the Globe and Mail:

As might have been expected, somebody has already creating a Twitter account for the offending water bottle that has already found two-million followers.

One alleged tweet from the bottle says, “Stop judging me. I just wanted to touch Justin like the rest of you.”

Tweeted another: “I’m getting threats of recycling. Stop it. My intention wasn’t to hurt him, just to get to know him.”

It’s sad, would get your an “F” on an essay paper in any school, and it doesn’t appear to be going away despite the ongoing DTM plagiarism scandals (see prior representative posts “Why is “cut and paste” ever allowed in the newsroom?” Oct. 22-12, “Plagiarism. Imitation. Sloppiness. Sadly, nothing new.” Sept. 25-12, “Hunger Strike – Day One” June 16-10 and “DTM copycats at it again part 8” June 20-08).

MRM