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The Best Kept Secrets in Indian Country
The Shift from Authentic Journalism to Armchair Plagiarism
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The shift from authentic journalism, to armchair plagiarism, went undetected for years. At the newspaper Indian Country Today, where I was a staff reporter, the shift began after the newspaper was purchased by new owners in New York State, in the late 1990s.
Reporters who actually went out to cover the news were driven into financial ruin while paying our own expenses and then fired. Those who never left their easy chairs continued in their role as plagiarizers.