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Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

I just heard back from the reporter, and I am genuinely speechless. Is “we don’t care” the business model?

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

This @the-independent.com story is such an obvious lift of mine that they didn’t even bother deleting my site’s referral URL. And no, they do not credit me for reporting it first or (intentionally) link to my story. In j-school, rewording someone else’s reporting was called plagiarism. 1/

Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

When I was a young reporter forced to do aggregation-style stories, if I had gotten an email like the one I sent her, I would breathing into a paper bag, calling my mom, gathering my purse and leaving the newsroom forever. Even if what the journalist said wasn't true! And in this case it is true!

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Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

I have too much to do to be this mad. I have another insane story of injustice I'm working on and too many people to ask for comment. I have to believe this is all worth it, I just have to. ✌️