Get Herald RSSLast week, as part of its usual fact-checking process, The Herald discovered that two news articles scheduled for publication contained material taken from other sources' reporting without quotation or attribution. The articles were never printed. The Herald began a thorough review of the writers' published work, as it does whenever inauthentic content is found.
During that review, two published articles were found that contained passages similar or identical to those in other publications.
"Common App now has rival in Universal App," (Sept. 26, 2007) contains text similar or identical to writing in an article in the Yale Daily News ("Common App faces new online rival," Sept. 7, 2007). The article also contains information from an interview not attributed to the News' reporting.
"James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA structure, resigns after racist remarks," (Oct. 31, 2007) contained quotations not attributed to reporting for an article in the Harvard Crimson ("Watson Apologizes Amid Uproar Over His Comments on Race," Oct. 19, 2007).
The Herald makes every possible effort to verify the authenticity of our contributors' content before publication. Our reporters and columnists receive continual training on the ethics of their work.
We sincerely apologize to the publications whose work was copied and to our readers.
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