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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:57 AM

http://www.canada.co...b2-902b8b20626d

The Province is ending the column written by TEAM 1040 AM sports talk-show host David Pratt after he admitted to plagiarizing some portions of a Sports Illustrated piece written by well-known writer Rick Reilly.



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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:58 AM

What a shock.

He rips off my WHL thread all the time.

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 11:01 AM

View Postold_time_hockey, on Jun 4 2008, 10:58 AM, said:

What a shock.

He rips off my WHL thread all the time.



You should sue him :P
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 11:41 AM

View Postcanucks_dynasty, on Jun 4 2008, 11:01 AM, said:

You should sue him :P


Well he has to have something intelligent to say to Don Hay when they have him on once a week and Pratt tries to pretend that he gives a rats donkey about junior hockey. Otherwise Don probably wouldn't come on. So I'll let it slide.

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 11:41 AM

Pratt comments on the WHL? Does Pratt even know there's a WHL outside of the Giants?

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 08:13 PM

I loved his attempted justification for his actions:

"I'm looking for stuff from everywhere," added Pratt. "We recycle everything. The sheer amount of volume we produce forces you to constantly be looking for different people's ideas."

He just does not get it. You do not look for other people's ideas and then pass them off as your own.

Here is a novel thought you sack of whatever... have an original idea.

What a prat.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 09:42 PM

View PostWetcoaster, on Jun 4 2008, 07:13 PM, said:

"We recycle everything. The sheer amount of volume we produce forces you to constantly be looking for different people's ideas."


That's the exact same thing one of my university profs said... in a speech about plagiarism and properly citing your sources. That is indeed unavoidable, but that doesn't mean you just take someone else's stuff and run.

Geez Louise, Pratt... where did you go to school...
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 09:51 PM

Even though he manned up to the grave mistake.......that was so dumb of him.

Id hate to feel that embarresment.

Id say that was karma.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 09:59 PM

View PostBuckyHermit, on Jun 4 2008, 09:42 PM, said:

That's the exact same thing one of my university profs said... in a speech about plagiarism and properly citing your sources. That is indeed unavoidable, but that doesn't mean you just take someone else's stuff and run.

Geez Louise, Pratt... where did you go to school...

I heard he graduated from Grade 10... on his third try.

Here is the rationale for being gassed:

"Within ethical standards of the newspaper, plagiarism, short of fabricating information, would be considered the most egregious of sins or transgressions a journalist can commit," said Wayne Moriarty, editor-in-chief of the Province.

And as further proof that Pratt just does not get it:

He describes the plagiarism as a "minor gaffe," saying he saw the Reilly column and thought "that's a pretty good line."

"It was a Saturday and I wanted to get out of [the office] before noon," he said over the phone.
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http://www.cbc.ca/sp...nist-fired.html

Mind you even referring to Pratt as journalist would give journalists a bad name by association - sort of like lawyers.

What a maroon.

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:05 PM

LMAO....Pratt wanted to finish the piece, get out of the office to drink and Golf.

Id almost bet anything on it.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:12 PM

View PostBedBeats, on Jun 4 2008, 09:05 PM, said:

LMAO....Pratt wanted to finish the piece, get out of the office to drink and Golf.

Id almost bet anything on it.

Probably needed to get his leather pants out from the cleaners for his tour of the hot spots on Saturday night.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:19 PM

He owned up and that's good but really that's all he could do at that point.

He probably shouldn't call anyone a pinhead for a while.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:24 PM

View PostWetcoaster, on Jun 4 2008, 11:12 PM, said:

Probably needed to get his leather pants out from the cleaners for his tour of the hot spots on Saturday night.


No word of a lie....i have actually seen those leather pants on Pratt at the Roxy.

Pure comedy.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:39 PM

View PostBedBeats, on Jun 4 2008, 10:24 PM, said:

No word of a lie....i have actually seen those leather pants on Pratt at the Roxy.

Pure comedy.

Yeah, me too (though not at the Roxy).

And is it not truly the most terrifying thing you have seen?
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:50 PM

View PostWetcoaster, on Jun 4 2008, 11:39 PM, said:

Yeah, me too (though not at the Roxy).

And is it not truly the most terrifying thing you have seen?


OoOoOo...my digital friend.....you are so right!

Moreso because, i was there on a lark......and i kept on making fun of this old drunk guy standing by the DJ booth with leather fricking pants....and he was wasted......and i mean looking not well.....in leather pants and a black tee.

I actually didnt recognize him until my friend pointed it out who he was.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 10:57 PM

^

Man you are totally kidding... Please tell me so!


Anyways, it's probably not a huge thing to him seeing as how he actually admitted he plagiarized... Whatever. We all know Pratt anyways, he doesn't have the best rep around. It's just kind of hilarious.

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Posted 04 June 2008 - 11:00 PM

View Postluineul, on Jun 4 2008, 11:57 PM, said:

^

Man you are totally kidding... Please tell me so!


Anyways, it's probably not a huge thing to him seeing as how he actually admitted he plagiarized... Whatever. We all know Pratt anyways, he doesn't have the best rep around. It's just kind of hilarious.


True story.

Everytime ive ever gone to the Roxy i always end up witnessing some goofy Canuck/sports related happening.
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Posted 04 June 2008 - 11:03 PM

he thinks he knows it all.....when he is fat sits in a studio where he cant be seen and rumbles bs half of the time
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Posted 05 June 2008 - 01:33 AM

now if only the Team 1040 will fire him too(!)
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Posted 05 June 2008 - 08:07 AM

View PostThis Devils Workday, on Jun 5 2008, 12:33 AM, said:

now if only the Team 1040 will fire him too(!)

Unfortunately not the Team 1040 is behind him still:

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A journalism ethics professor said he agrees with the Province's decision to fire Pratt.

"We need to send a signal out to everyone, every journalist and the public that we are serious about the standards of journalism." said Stephen Ward of the University of British Columbia School of Journalism.

Pratt will continue to host his show on Team 1040, a sports radio station in Vancouver.

"We at the station are fully supporting David," a spokesperson for the radio station said in an e-mail on Wednesday.

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