N.Y. Times Reporter Accused of Plagiarism Quits - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com: "NEW YORK — The New York Times is looking into the work of one its reporters following accusations that he plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal and other sources.
The newspaper published an editor's note online Sunday and in papers Monday that said reporter Zachery Kouwe 'appears to have improperly appropriated wording and passages published by other news organizations.'
The Times said Journal editors pointed out similarities between a Journal story from Feb. 5 and Times pieces later that day and on Feb. 6. The Times said that a search found similar examples taken from media outlets such as Reuters and that an investigation was ongoing.
Kouwe declined to comment on Tuesday.
The Journal's letter listed six examples from a story about Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff's relatives.
Among the examples was a sentence from Journal reporter Amir Efrati that read, 'Mr. Picard said the family received about $141 million in the six months leading up to Mr. Madoff's December 2008 arrest.' The letter pointed out that Kouwe's version read, 'Mr. Picard said the family received about $141 million in the six months leading up to Mr. Madoff's arrest in December 2008.'"
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