millbank Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Ron Borges Boston Globe sports writer Ron Borges had been suspended for two months without pay and forbidden from making TV appearances for plagiarizing a Washington reporter’s column. “Ron Borges has been suspended for two months without pay because he plagiarized from a reporter at another news organization in a notes column published in Sunday’s Sports section,” Globe Editor Martin Baron said in a statement. “He also has been prohibited from making broadcast appearances during the next two months,” Borges swiped numerous paragraphs for his Sunday column from reporter Mike Sando’s Feb. 25 story in the News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash. The piece was about the possible trade of Seattle Seahawks football player Darrell Jackson. The allegations were first reported on www.coldhardfootballfacts.com Sunday night. “It appears to be more or less verbatim of what we had in our paper here a week ago Sunday,” said Dale Phelps, deputy managing editor at the News Tribune. “It’s an unfortunate situation.” At the end of Borges’ column is a disclaimer that says, “material from personal interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report.” Despite the disclaimer, Kelly McBride, the ethics group leader at the Poynter Institute, called Borges’ column plagiarism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Borges is probably the only person who hates belichick more than i do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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