USA Today and the Art of Citing Sources
The great Romensko writes about a small kerfuffle involving Scott Bateman (known as @Disalmanacarian), the esteemed USA Today and a little known act of plagiarism. But wait, we have pictures:
Here’s the side-by-side, Disalmanac vs USA Today: pic.twitter.com/W4pvNmoZkP
— Scott Bateman (@Disalmanacarian) January 8, 2014
A tale of two weather maps, and evidently, USA Today’s graphics team were snowed in by the dreaded Polar Vortex, so they “borrowed” this map. These meteorological twinkies caused quite the fracas via social media, which caused David Callaway, USA Today’s editor-in-chief to chime in.
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