Plagiarism is Fine

ABC's national morning broadcast stunned me yesterday.    It wasn't  because of dead bodies laying barely covered in yellow tarps, or the fact that another teenager found a gun and shot and killed his friend.  No, in its own way it's much worse.   The anchor's of the morning news show were talking about the internet and how anyone could post something on the internet.  (I agree look at me) 

These anchors whom audiences trust, went on to say that because of the popularity and accessibility of social media, stated that there wasn't  a need to give credit to either an author or photographer.   Why should you when you are only going to post it on Facebook, Twitter,  or Pinterest? 

These anchors  are fine with plagiarism.  High School seniors everywhere REJOICE.  They can copy anyone's work and claim it as their own. (Okay it's not like they haven't tried this before).  The issues of copyright and plagiarism  go hand in hand.  Without proper attribution to the author or photographer, we are left with an American public trusting undocumented writings, and people's opinions as fact.  (Think Wikipedia)

 I guess to  news anchor  not giving credit to a writer is normal and justified.  They have to be dressed and  have their makeup on in time to read the morning news off of a teleprompter.  They  deliver a story to millions based on the facts and information that someone else wrote.