New York Times reporter accused of plagiarism resigns: NYT

[bijou]

A Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times accused of plagiarism has resigned, the newspaper reported.

Zachery Kouwe, who joined the Times in 2008 from the New York Post, resigned on Tuesday, the Times said, citing "two people briefed on the matter."

The newspaper said Kouwe met on Tuesday with representatives of the Times, The New York Times Co. and the Newspaper Guild of New York to discuss possible disciplinary action but instead the reporter resigned.

A Times Co. spokeswoman, Diane McNulty, was quoted as saying "the Times has dealt with this, as we said we would in our Editors' Note, consistent with our standards to protect the integrity of our journalism." ...

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He was probably caught out due to the lack of moonbattery in the article.

[The Village Idiot]

Considering the NY Times... I dunno why they'd fire him.

[DefiantSix]

Considering the NY Times... I dunno why they'd fire him.

Maybe he wasn't providing enough actionable intel for al Qaida...