jimtrackfocus wrote:



Here's an almost 1000 word "summary" from RW on the NY Times piece about Mary Wittenberg and the NYRR.



RW-http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/10/15/wittenbergs-nyrr-leadership-gets-close-scrutiny/



NY Times-http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/sports/under-mary-wittenberg-the-new-york-city-marathon-is-thriving-so-whats-the-problem.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0



Legitimate summarizing or blatant plagiarism? You decide

Yes EXACTLY! It's not summarizing when you pretty much the entire article and turn it into your "own" article, taking another author's story, quotes, analysis, etc. That's plagiarism.If they want to put up a small blurb on it and link to it, like they do on their daily news wire with a list of different articles from other sites, that's fine. But to make it into their own article is bad journalism ethics.