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CNN Rips Off Miami New Times

Thu Apr 05, 2007 at 04:10:12 PM

John, you ignorant slut.

Okay, well maybe John Zarrella, the burly CNN correspondent based in Plantation, isn't a slut (but aren't all network people, really?). He's definitely a thief. Check out this story, bylined by Zarrella and abetter Patrick Oppman, that is going to hit the air tonight on the primetime Paula Zahn Now show. It's a direct, unadulterated ripoff of this story in the Miami New Times story by Isaiah Thompson that was published on March 8.

To add insult, they

cite some two-year-old Miami Herald report in there. Right now, it's the top story in the nation, according to CNN's home page, the big scoop du jour. Too bad they're too arrogant and unprofessional to say whose scoop it is.

And to think CNN and I made all nice last week when the Pulp announced their abandonment of Miami for the fresher pastures of Broward County. Then they turn around and steal from my brothers and sisters down south? I feel so dirty right now.

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5 Comments:

Anonymous says:

Yeah, and suspiciously absent from this story is the Miami Herald. Where is our daily newspaper on the biggest story in the nation right now?

Posted at: April 6, 2007 1:40 PM

CB says:

The Herald got around to covering it today...

http://www.miamiherald.com/772/story/65863.html

Posted at: April 6, 2007 4:08 PM

Isaiah Thompson says:

I thought that story looked familiar . . .

Yeah, I authored the original two articles on these guys, and I didn't find the story by reading the papers: I rode my bicycle under a nearby bridge and started chatting with the locals -- then spent weeks digging through probation records. Since the AP picked it up, it's all over the place. Amazingly, I even saw it in a Chinese paper.

Maybe there can be an understanding in journalism -- you borrow my story, I'll borrow your salary!

Isaiah

Posted at: April 9, 2007 2:55 PM

CB says:

and the today show this morning as well. didnt see anyone credit new times for "scooop." Actually having read the articles are you sure we are talking about same people? New Times doesnt mention anything about Julia Tutle?

Posted at: April 9, 2007 3:29 PM

Isaiah Thompson says:

Good point:
A week after publishing 'Swept Under the Bridge,' we published a follow-up in our Riptide column noting that two of the offenders had been moved to the Julia Tuttle bridge. I just looked for it, and it is, admittedly, a little hard to find.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2007-03-15/news/axing-the-property-tax/

Posted at: April 10, 2007 10:29 AM