To the programme editor . . .

[Plain of the Herbs]

. . . who stole the piece I posted here last week on previous offaly/Down NHL meetings, and reproduced it in yesterday’s match programme: -

You wrote “five of those (previous meetings) have been in the Mourne County . . . which of course means that Down have beaten Offaly in 2 of the 3 meetings on Offaly soil.” Not so. Drogheda (venue for the playoff game in 1991) is in county Louth, not county Down.

You could have researched it yourself. I sourced the data in the match programme for the 1995 All Ireland semi-final. You could have asked. Errors and ommisions excepted, and all that.

I also see that Alan Walsh quoted from it in his match report in today’s Examiner.

[Archangel]

Plagiarism is rife in the virtual / physical journalism world. There are very few 'original' reporters anywhere, most news and stories are taken from news pools etc.
Similarly here, writers for programs check out a few relevant sites and cobble together some sort of coherent babble for the punter to digest.

Pity they don't credit who they stole their news from!!!

[Kevin]

Of course the crediting would, in most circles, be no more than ass covering for those times when the info was found out to be slightly inaccurate or heaven forbid dated in any way.

Research! I sometimes wonder if these people:

a) actually read what they are copying and pasting.
b) can actually read at all.