I came across an interesting article in the Atlantic on Journalism being turned out to be churnalism.
With access to Internet, people can have easy and immediate access to information.
How to find out if it is plagiarized?
Story:
We live in an age of information, it is said again and again. But that doesn’t mean we live in an age of good information, as last week seemed intent on bearing out. In fact, quite the opposite. Countless times each day, we have to weigh the credibility of a piece of information, and decide whether to put our faith in it.
It’s not really feasible for each of us to track each piece of information to its source (nor would it be efficient), so, instead, we use clues — who wrote this, where is this published, does this square with other information we know. But the trouble is that these clues aren’t perfect indicators, at least in part because even credible publications and professional journalists sometimes regurgitate information without giving it a careful vetting, a process often referred to as churnalism (just as gross as it sounds).
Today, the Sunlight Foundation has unveiled a tool that will help us all with this work. “The tool is, essentially, an open-source plagiarism detection engine,” web developer Kaitlin Devine explained to me. It will scan any text (a news article, e.g.) and compare it with a corpus of press releases and Wikipedia entries. If it finds similar language, you’ll get a notification of a detected “churn” and you’ll be able to take a look at the two sources side by side. You can also use it to check Wikipedia entries for information that may have come from corporate press releases. The tool is based on a similar project released in the United Kingdom two years ago, which the Sunlight Foundation supported with a grant to make it open source. Churnalism will be available both on the website and as a browser extension. Its database of press releases includes those from EurekaAlert! in addition to PR Newswire, PR News Web, Fortune 500 companies, and government sources.
What one is to do is to submit either a url or Text to find out if it is Plagiarized.
And hit ‘Submit’
You get the results immediately.
My son has often said that I comment on News Stories , Articles and I have a Blog.
So, his contention is that my Readership and Ranking in India and in Alexa is actually not correct.
My reply was and is that a News or an event has to be reported first .
Then for the second writer this material becomes ‘plagiarized”
That means that there can be no News or Report appearing more than once,
So, the content may be elsewhere but your views and perspectives have to be unique.
This was my reply to him
I wanted to test this with this soft ware( I tested with another Software and the result was ‘No Matches, that is ‘original)
Testing software at:
http://churnalism.sunlightfoundation.com/
I submitted two articles, one containing information from sources on KGB paid Rrajiv Gandhi( Is ubmitted the url)
The result.
‘TEXT MATCHED
No Matches
and another The Text from my url http://ramanisblog.in/2013/04/24/directing-the-mind-yoga-sutra-1-12/
“Explaining that the modifications of the Chithi,Yoga delves further into describing the tool that can make the Modifications extinct and enable the Individual to return to his original Self or His Natural Identity..
The modifications of the Chitha starts from and due to the Mind and its activities.
Can we control The Mind be controlled and make us do our bidding?
Yoga confirms we can.
But it is difficult.
We are aware how difficult it is to reign in the Mind.
The more one tries to control the Mind, more it would become uncontrollable and roam, than it would have been, had we kept quiet.
This is not a disqualification for practicing Yoga nor is this unique to you, of us , the fickle minded.
Arjuna,who mastered the art of Concentration, for he was the one, when asked by his Guru to hit a bird,after felling it , said later, that he could see nothing else but the bird only, found it difficult to control the Mind and confesses to lord Krishna in The Bhagavad Gita.(6.34)
The Result.
TEXT MATCHED
No Matches
TEXT SUBMITTEDSomething Wrong With The Text? Flag It Now.Photo Essay on the killing of Tamerlan, the suspect involved in Boston Marathon bombing, who was killed in Watertown shoot out. The Tsarnaev brothers take cover. Multiple police vehicles. Kitzenberg says you can see the suspects firing at police officers. Kitzenberg’s zoomed-in photo, highlighting a pressure cooker bomb. A blast mark from the explosion. After shooting had stopped my roommate found a bullet hole that penetrated his west-facing wall and continued to pierce through his desk chair. Watertown Shootout From Kitzenberg’s blog: Body of Tamerlan, Boston Bomber. Watertown Shootout Timeline. UPDATE 3:20PM 4/23/2013: I have decided to take down the photos during the ongoing investigation. On Thursday night [Friday morning] at 12:45am EST. I was in my living room working on my computer when I heard multiple “pops” coming from outside. At that point, I had no idea that I was about to become an eye witness to the biggest news story in the country. When I looked outside my window, I could clearly see two people (the Tsarnaev brothers) taking cover behind an SUV and engaging in gunfire. After witnessing shots being fired I promptly ran up the stairs to my 3rd floor bedroom to distance myself a little further away from the gunfire. As I ran into my room, overwhelmed by shock, adrenaline, and curiosity, I jumped onto my bed to stay below the windows but also have a clear view at the shooters and photograph the event. As soon as I was laying safely on my bed I started taking pictures with my iPhone 5 and captured the following images that documented the terrifying shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers, which then led to an overnight citywide manhunt. Here are the two brothers taking cover behind the black Mercedes SUV and shooting towards Watertown Police officers. (Taken at 12:46:11AM) http://urbangrounds.com/2013/04/tamerlan-tsarnaev-radical-islam/ Images Ack.Huffpost. Like this: Like Loading.”
The Result.
TEXT MATCHED
No Matches
2 url submitted:
.http://ramanisblog.in/2011/02/16/kgb-paid-money-to-sonia-rahul-rajiv-gandhi/
Result.
TEXT MATCHED
No Matches
Essential Rule of Blogging that,
‘you can quote, provide Links, Sources, Credits and make sure your views are original’
is proved.
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