USA Voice Plagiarizes CNN!
USA Voice, a fledgling online news service, copied its front page news from CNN.com today.
See for yourself. Here is the lede and a few paragraphs from CNN’s recent article entitled, Three face terror charges after 1,000 cell phones seized
(CNN) — Three men authorities said were found with about 1,000 untraceable cell phones were arraigned Saturday on terror-related charges, and were believed to have been targeting a
Michigan bridge, a prosecutor said.“The targeted issue in this case was the
Mackinac Bridge . That is what we have information on,”Tuscola County prosecutor Mark Reene said.The bridge is 5 miles long and connects
Michigan ’s upper and lower peninsulas.Police in
Caro ,Michigan , said the men were arrested early Friday and were being held on charges of “providing material support for terrorism and obtaining information of a vulnerable target for the purposes of terrorism.”
And here is identical text from the USA Voice cover story entitled, “Terror Attack Thwartedâ€
Three men authorities said were found with about 1,000 untraceable cell phones were arraigned Saturday on terror-related charges, and were believed to have been targeting a
Michigan bridge, a prosecutor said.“The targeted issue in this case was the
Mackinac Bridge . That is what we have information on,” Tuscola County prosecutor Mark Reene said.The bridge is 5 miles long and connects Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas.Police in Caro, Michigan, said the men were arrested early Friday and were being held on charges of “providing material support for terrorism and obtaining information of a vulnerable target for the purposes of terrorism.”
The only differences between these passages are the location of paragraph breaks.
This is not the first time USA Voice has run afoul of its journalistic integrity. The Saint Petersburg Times recently reported suspicions that USA Voice is engaged in identy fraud activity, mentioning that all 1200 job ads for USA Voice have been removed from Yahoo’s job postings lists. I was also able to determine that At least one report has been filed against USA Voice with The Federal Trade Commission about these allegations.
