Coincidence: Guardian Story Resembles Tech Site Story
Guido thought Charles Arthur’s Guardian piece on the Natwest meltdown yesterday looked familiar. The article bears a suspiciously close resemblance to a post published three hours earlier on tech website The Register. Arthur’s story claimed that a Guardian investigation had uncovered details of a key software component going wrong at the bank. They say “investigative journalism”, Guido says reading it on the Internet…
The two articles even bear striking similarities in terms of structure, with the Arthur piece following The Register‘s story almost line by line. Lazy.
UPDATE: Former staff explain the decline in the Guardian Technology section:
@MediaGuido It all went downhill after @jackschofield left…—
Darryl Murphy (@darryljoemurphy) June 26, 2012
@darryljoemurphy @MediaGuido Well, Bobbie Johnson and @kevglobal also took voluntary redundancy; @RickWray and @KateBevan found other jobs.—
Jack Schofield (@jackschofield) June 26, 2012
@jackschofield @darryljoemurphy @MediaGuido @kevglobal @RickWray And none of us have been replaced. Fewer reporters = poorer coverage.—
Kate Bevan (@katebevan) June 26, 2012
@katebevan @jackschofield @MediaGuido @kevglobal @rickwray V good point. Decent stuff hard to do if a smaller team's always fighting fires—
Darryl Murphy (@darryljoemurphy) June 26, 2012
No wonder they are losing money…
The Register often post things from the Guardian computing – perhaps they gave them the info?
Would have read; Due to Tory cutbacks, phone hacking by News International, Lord Ashcroft, Lady Thatcher and Out of touch toffs, the Nat West computer failed. It had nothing to do with outsourcing.
Due to Tory cutbacks binary has had its 1 funding revoked. A Tory baby eating spokesman confirmed that the 0 would remain for the foreseeable future.
Aha, they’ve been flushed out for copying and pasting a story.
The Guardian are on the run now. Exposed for sloppy journalism today and tomorrow I fear the creditors will be banging on the door.
Such poor standards will only hasten the demise of this once important newspaper. They use to have a copy in the lobby of my office but we’ve got rid of it.
Excellent journalism.
Not very different to Eastenders stealing Corrie plots!
http://tv.uk.msn.com/features/eastenders-ian-beale-to-end-up-homeless
Shouldn’t hacking web sites be illegal?
Hmm, I read both articles and it seems to me that They even bear striking similarities in terms of structure, with the Arthur piece following The Register‘s story almost line by line. This is lazy.