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How to strike creatively
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Blood libel on the blogosphere
The authenticity of footage of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah being shot and killed as he sheltered with his father is a cause celebre on the Internet. Melanie Phillips calls it a modern blood libel. Strong stuff.According to Philippe Karsenty of Media Ratings, the report has “fuelled hatred of Israel, the Jews and the West around the…
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Public information in financial markets
Just come across a paper by two Italian economists on the social value of public information. Post Britain’s Northern Rock banking debacle, the words of two other economists [pdf] seem a little prescient: For a decision maker facing a choice under uncertainty, greater access to information permits actions that are better suited to the circumstances.…
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Time to call off the plagiarism police?
Can I suggest it is time to call off the plagiarism police? Case in point. Journalism professor admits plagiarism. Yup, it is a neat headline. So was this a Jayson Blair-style rip-off? Hardly. In fact it wasn’t plagiarism at all. The plagiarism in question was three quotes (lifted from this piece) included in a curmudgeonly…