“This whole plagiarism affair tarnishes Couric’s journalistic cred,” B&C opines in an op-ed titled “Katie’s Fake Blog. “And given her post as the anchor and ostensible managing editor of the CBS Evening News, it blackens the Eye Network’s news division.
The way Couric and company used the blog vogue as a marketing tool to put this faux varnish on her image was disingenuous and wrongheaded. Even for a TV journalist, a byline should mean something. A compact with the audience is broken when it’s the work of someone other than the person getting the credit at the top of the page.”
Here’s the full column. Couric still hasn’t made a public comment about the mistake…
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