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GamePro and videogaming247 plagiarising Gamasutra

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Hm, faithful GameSetWatch readers, it's time to admit something rather naughty. GameSetWatch played a little practical joke on IDG's GamePro.com, because GameSetWatch noticed them 'borrowing' some data from them without crediting.

The following is a cautionary tale about plagiarism and factchecking. If you are a professional journalist, please avert your eyes. If you're at all tickled by 'things game journos do to amuse themselves', please continue reading, forthwith.

(Contributor's note: a quick check reveals that videogaming247 -- who are posting a lot of news on N4G -- also plagiarised Gamasutra. For evidence see the attached images and the first two alternative sources below.)
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The plagirised news - videogaming247.com | By: TnS
Another plagirised news - videogaming247.com | By: TnS
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Published: 614 days 17 hours ago | News | Gaming | Industry News
 
 

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TnS - 614 days 18 hours ago
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That's pretty lame, videogaming247 (and GamePro)...
Do you have anything to say, Mike Bowden? :)
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decapitator - 614 days 18 hours ago
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I tried to warn you Mike, I really did...:(
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Mike Bowden - 614 days 10 hours ago
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Wow! Didn't realise that. Just an oversight in our part really. We've always credited gama as you can see here, http://www.videogaming247.c...

Dunno what what the big fuss is about. Some people obviously don't have anything better to do.
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gamesR4fun - 614 days 9 hours ago
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at least take it like a man...
besides their just having fun with it I mean they could've been a lot more brutal...
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Dark General - 614 days 9 hours ago
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I Love how they point out GamePro using their list for one of their "games this week" articles then having a commenter pointing out they did the exact same thing a year or so ago. How humorous.
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