Dealbreaker Set a Plagiarism Trap That Snared Times' Kouwe

Blogger beware; Dealbreaker will break you. A New York Times Public Editor column published Saturday reveals a Dealbreaker set a booby trap for would-be plagiarists in a story on Citigroup, and Zachery Kouwe fell into it. From the Times:

In January, Dealbreaker, a competing Web site, scored a scoop by posting an internal Citigroup memo about a rumored joint venture. The same memo soon went up on DealBook, complete with two minor alterations that Dealbreaker had inserted as a trap to catch competitors ripping off material without credit.

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