Will Selva, anchor for the ESPN media network, has been on leave after being accused of plagiarism. The passage at issue was supposedly copied without attribution from Ding of the Orange County Register. Content creation could be a costly business. This latest incident highlights the risks of that content being stolen. News content can cost enough to require a lot of people to take out an pay day loan just to purchase.
Selva plagiarizes getting him suspended
Anchor of overnight program “Highlight Express,” Will Selva, talked about a game. It was the game with the Los Angeles Lakers v the San Antonio Spurs. The majority of that on-air spot was taken word-for-word from an Orange County Register column about the same game, written by Ding. Selva then never gave any credit while on the air. This got him in trouble. Wed he apologized. He said a “mistake” happened. While researched, Will Selva replicated the column over to his script and then “forgot to rewrite it” later. A statement was made by Will. He said:
“I made a horrible mistake, and I’m deeply sorry. I sincerely apologize for my sloppiness, especially to Kevin Ding, viewers and colleagues.”
Suspension of Will Selva
The ESPN network got Will Selva on leave indefinitely due to the plagiarism accusations. Many media outlets have to be very careful about plagiarism as it is sticky business. There were a ton of online sources getting content stolen from them with “Cooks Source” magazine. It is very easy and tempting to want to plagiarize, especially with a 24-hour media network that streams online continuously. ESPN has said that it will take “appropriate action” in researching and addressing Will Selva’s mistake, but the bigger issue is whether there’s a strong enough system of content protection online. Several assume that plagiarism will never be fixed since online problems that like might never be fixed.
Information from
FanHouse
nba.fanhouse.com/2010/12/29/espnews-anchor-will-selva-suspended-for-plagiarism/
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