Palo Alto Patch Apologizes for VentureBeat Plagiarism Incident
Plagiarism took root in Aol’s Patch once again, as Pandora Young at sister blog FishbowlLA reports that Palo Alto Patch posted an apology for publishing content from VentureBeat.
FishbowlLA points out that there are currently 123 community Patch sites in California, with more on the way.
The apology read:
To Palo Alto Patch Readers:
We recently discovered that one of our freelance writers lifted information for one of his business reports from VentureBeat, an online news site covering technology and innovation in Silicon Valley and elsewhere.
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