{"id":1461116,"date":"2022-05-03T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461116"},"modified":"2022-05-03T07:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T11:00:38","slug":"nbc-fires-reporter-who-plagiarized-11-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-fires-reporter-who-plagiarized-11-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Fires Reporter Who Plagiarized 11 Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnbc-fires-reporter-who-plagiarized-11-articles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461116&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NBC News has ousted a politics reporter after uncovering evidence of plagiarism in at least 11 of her articles.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News disclosed the incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/note-readers-rcna26934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in a note to its readers<\/a> on Monday, revealing it had determined the 11 articles in question \u201cdid not meet our standards for original material\u201d and \u201ccontained passages from other news organizations that were used without attribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The note to readers did not name the reporter. But a source within the outlet told The Post that the reporter was Teaganne Finn, who joined NBC News last June to cover politics after a stint at Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>The source confirmed that Finn is no longer with NBC News, though it\u2019s unclear if she was fired or resigned.<\/p>\n<p>Finn did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The source at NBC News said editors first noticed an unattributed passage in one article with Finn\u2019s byline during what was described as a routine editing process. The outlet found more examples of plagiarism after a more thorough review.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News has since added an editor\u2019s note to all 11 articles, which were published between over a period stretching from last September to as recently as February. The notes say that the articles contained passages that fell short of editorial standards, which have been removed from the original text.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nbc-plagiarism-03.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>NBC News said the articles contained passages lifted from other outlets without proper attribution.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The incident and Finn\u2019s subsequent dismissal had a jarring impact on NBC News\u2019 digital newsroom \u2013 leaving workers feeling \u201cuncomfortable\u201d and \u201con edge,\u201d a second source who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Post exclusively obtained leaked audio of the meeting in which current NBC News staffers learned of the incident. Catherine Kim, NBC\u2019s senior vice president of global digital news, informed staffers of the incident during a virtual editorial meeting.<\/p>\n<p>A somber-sounding Kim noted the plagiarized material was \u201cgenerally background material, supplemental, not core to the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNonetheless, as we all know on this call, it is a bright line that we can\u2019t cross. Our trust with each other \u2013 and we do trust each other \u2013 with the public, the reputation of NBC News, the reputation of the journalism we produce, is core to what we do,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News\u2019 note to readers included links to all 11 articles, as well as a message that the unattributed passages \u201cwere not central to the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Teaganne-Finn.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Teaganne-Finn.jpeg\" alt=\"Former NBC News reporter Teaganne Finn\" class=\"wp-image-22115186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Teaganne-Finn.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Teaganne-Finn.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Teaganne-Finn.jpeg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Teaganne Finn joined the NBC News politics team last June.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@TeaganneFinn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaintaining the trust of our readers and viewers is essential to NBC News, and our work must always meet the highest standards of our profession,\u201d the note said.<\/p>\n<p>A LinkedIn page that appeared to belong to Finn listed NBC News as her current employer and noted that her role was to \u201ccover Congress, the White House, and federal agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 11 flagged articles included stories titled, \u201cTrump renews praise for Covid vaccines, \u2018one of the greatest achievements of mankind\u2019\u201d and \u201cDeSantis pushes bill targeting critical race theory in schools,\u201d in a reference to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>The latest disclosure marked another setback for NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The network\u2019s TV side was forced to suspend star anchor Brian Williams in 2015 after he admitted to exaggerating several stories \u2013 including a claim that he once survived an rocket-propelled grenade attack while flying in a helicopter during the Iraq War in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Williams later resurfaced at MSNBC but left the company <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/10\/brian-williams-signs-off-from-msnbc-ending-28-year-career-at-nbc\/\">for good at the end of last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations of unattributed passages in written articles recently hit another prominent outlet.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/04\/wnycs-jami-floyd-accused-of-plagiarism-in-45-articles-dating-back-to-2010\/\">The Post exclusively reported<\/a>, WNYC staffer Jami Floyd resigned last month after an internal review determined that parts of at least 45 articles she had written were plagiarized. Floyd has stated she <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/05\/wnyc-a-toxic-cesspool-of-discrimination-jami-floyd-says\/\">intends to sue the network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC News has ousted a politics reporter after uncovering evidence of plagiarism in at least 11 of her articles. 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