Dumb Authors #2348
2008-08-13 02:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rodoRemember a while back when I complained about dumb authors? I'm referring to this part:
The offensive passage was part of an article about a photographer I am writing an essay about. And because I just noticed that I missed a citation, I went back and googled him. And what do I find? An article in Zeit online, which describes the same photo making the same mistake. It was a long, obviously well researched article, but seriously, right now, I am weeping for the future of journalism.
And no matter how often I look at the picture, I still see seal.
So please, dear authors:
When copying someone elses work, make sure you don't copy the mistakes!
I learnt that in school, which is why I ended up with a 2 in the physics test and![[insanejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/ij-userinfo.gif)
sevilemar, whose answers I copied, only got a 4.
TBC
- Look at the pictures you're describing. Or use your common sense. The picture shows a polar bear and a seal, not polar bear and a penguin.
The offensive passage was part of an article about a photographer I am writing an essay about. And because I just noticed that I missed a citation, I went back and googled him. And what do I find? An article in Zeit online, which describes the same photo making the same mistake. It was a long, obviously well researched article, but seriously, right now, I am weeping for the future of journalism.
And no matter how often I look at the picture, I still see seal.
So please, dear authors:
When copying someone elses work, make sure you don't copy the mistakes!
I learnt that in school, which is why I ended up with a 2 in the physics test and
sevilemar, whose answers I copied, only got a 4.TBC
