Roy Greenslade has been running a series of articles in The Guardian based on email exchanges with unnamed sources within the Daily Telegraph. A recent email that he received and writes about in his column today alleges that plagiarism is rife at the respected British newspaper.

Greenslade quotes directly from the email, which states: "You do realise, don't you, that stuff is being lifted with hardly a word changed from the Mail website and the Metro?"

The email goes onto say: "No one is going to pay the least bit of attention to a media organisation that recirculates other people's stuff, and thus the name, the brand and the reputation are constantly undermined from within. One can even imagine a situation a few years hence when the Telegraph is no more than a news aggregator website doing no journalism of its own."

These allegations are surprising, especially considering the Telegraph's reputations as one of the most respected newspapers in the UK market. However, one does have to consider that a large number of staff at the Telegraph are unhappy with the recent increase in working hours at the newspaper, so perhaps this anonymous source is simply a disgruntled employee venting?

Source: Guardian.co.uk

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