Saturday, July 26, 2014

BuzzFeed Has Higher Standards than LCMS, WELS, ELS.
Unlike the Conservative Lutherans, BuzzFeed Is Deeply Embarrassed

Paul McCain erased his cesspool of plagiarism - Cyberbrethren,
but he never apologized. He is still employed by the LCMS - on copyright issues.
Hahahahahaha.
Glende and Ski excommunicated a member
for his research that showed their plagiarism, which Glende lied about.
DP Englebrecht responded by piously endorsing plagiarism.


BuzzFeed fires Benny Johnson for plagiarism


BuzzFeed has fired Viral Politics Editor Benny Johnson after finding more than 40 instances of plagiarism, BuzzFeed's editor Ben Smith announced on Friday evening.
In an apology to BuzzFeed readers, Smith said the plagiarism is “a breach of our fundamental responsibility" and that editors were in the process of attaching an editor's note to every instance of plagiarism.
"Plagiarism, much less copying unchecked facts from Wikipedia or other sources, is an act of disrespect to the reader. We are deeply embarrassed and sorry to have misled you," Smith said.
[Click on the headline for the entire article, on "apology" for the BuzzFeed message.]

Examples from the BuzzFeed apology -

Update: Here are links to the 41 posts in which we found plagiarism and attribution issues.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/miracle-babies-to-warm-your-heart-today
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/hooray-for-washington
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/things-democrats-would-have-freaked-out-about-if-bush-had-do
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-most-romantic-story-in-congress
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-15-most-absurd-ways-the-pentagon-is-spending-money
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/15-things-to-avoid-if-you-do-not-want-to-eat-horse-meat#
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/things-that-are-definitely-bigger-in-texas
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-biggest-slap-fest-dc-has-ever-seen
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/technically-any-catholic-man-can-be-the-next-pope
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-17-best-swag-presents-obama-has-received-from-foreign-le
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/this-is-how-the-internet-responded-to-a-13-hour-rand-paul-fi
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/masterfully-creative-resumes
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-most-exclusive-hotel-room-in-the-world-inside-disneys-ca
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/pope-washes-and-kisses-the-feet-of-prisoners-women-and-musli
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/part-of-our-world-this-real-life-professional-mermaid-will-b
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/how-8-other-massive-manhunts-ended
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/7-cities-that-defy-terrorism
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/what-would-your-life-be-like-if-you-were-born-in-north-korea
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/how-the-administration-is-having-the-worst-week-ever
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-literal-army-it-takes-to-get-the-president-to-africa
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/fdr-had-the-greatest-childhood-ever
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/10-reasons-america-is-still-number-one
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-story-of-egypts-revolution-in-jurassic-park-gifs
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/very-badass-things-you-should-not-forget-about-harry-reid
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/dcs-version-of-the-royal-baby-is-a-gigantic-flower-that-smel
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/despicable-things-this-san-diego-mayor-allegedly-did-to-wome
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-17-most-canadian-things-about-ted-cruz
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/photos-from-the-world-pipe-band-championships-will-instantly
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/quiz-who-keeps-working-during-a-government-shutdown
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/11-pieces-of-jesse-jackson-jr-swag-being-auctioned-off-by-th
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-11-countries-congress-has-declared-war-on-and-why
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/obamacare-failures-as-told-by-dr-house
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-senate-conservatives-fund-is-not-living-very-conservativ
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/america-is-pretty-helpless-in-space-without-the-russians
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/inside-fort-hood-the-site-of-tragedy-and-everyday-american-l
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/how-well-do-you-know-basic-us-military-history
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/how-well-do-you-know-basic-us-politics
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-2014-running-of-the-interns
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/25-amazing-official-white-house-petitions
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/23-delightful-inauguration-firsts
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/when-the-west-romanced-assad