Tabloid war: Brits V Romanians

Dundalk Daily

Thought this was an interesting piece but I thinlk a case of pot calling kettle..

Romania’s biggest selling newspaper has launched a campaign branding British people ‘paedophiles, drunkards and hooligans’ after what it claimed were repeated negative reports about Romanians in British tabloids. The tabloid daily Libertatea began its anti-British campaign, titled ‘Look Who’s Talking’, on its front page today using a logo of a hand with an extended middle finger (no longer online). The report, which covered the entire front page, singled out The Sun for a recent article it said claimed Romanians could bring Aids to the UK. Romanian officials had already responded to the Sun story by announcing that registered HIV/Aids cases in the UK were eight times higher than in Romania, but Libertatea went further, writing: ‘We are sick of English paedophiles.’ In a double-page spread inside, the newspaper wrote that as Romanian officials had reacted to the Sun article, it was also the paper’s ‘duty’ to ‘tell the truth about the English’. The paper also provided readers with The Sun’s email address and phone number and encouraged them to write describing how they feel about the article.

Link to front page here but it is in Romanian.

flogen

You do realise that copying an article word-for-word, without attributing the text to a specific author or publication, can be classed as plagarism, don't you?

I've told you plenty of times about providing links, and in this instance you don't even make it obvious that you're quoting from someone else, which means it could be seen that you are passing the work off as your own.

I suggest you provide the links and attribution as soon as possible; and I won't warn you again about providing links and references.

Dundalk Daily

Oh my apologies, link in original piece now included.

Flogen I surprised that after reading the first line of the post that one could conclude that I wrote the piece. Also "and I won't warn you again" , I may have missed something but have you "warned" me of something in the past ?

As a relative new member of boards I have left out a few links including one from a piece that you questioned its existance. While Im on that as the moderator on here you failed to clarify that situation for other readers even after I provided you and others with links to the piece, afterall wasnt it locked for this very reason.

DMC

Charter ftw....

4. Posting Threads. When creating a thread detailing a news story do not copy and paste the entire article; simply provide a link and a brief synopsis of the story (ie the first paragraph or two).
All thread starters, like anyone involved in a discussion, is expected to give an opinion on the matter they are raising at all times.
Any new threads that fail to follow these simple rules can and will be locked without warning.

flogen

Dundalk Daily wrote:

Oh my apologies, link in original piece now included.

Flogen I surprised that after reading the first line of the post that one could conclude that I wrote the piece. Also "and I won't warn you again" , I may have missed something but have you "warned" me of something in the past ?

No need to apologise, and the piece you reference yourself was one of the previous warnings I gave; along with other instances where you failed to follow the charter rules.

As a relative new member of boards I have left out a few links including one from a piece that you questioned its existance.

Which is why you've been given multiple warnings and not a straight ban.

While Im on that as the moderator on here you failed to clarify that situation for other readers even after I provided you and others with links to the piece, afterall wasnt it locked for this very reason.

You were given multiple warnings to provide a link (in the previous thread) and I also provided a fair ultimatum. The thread was locked because the requested link was not provided.

Now; back on topic.