Thursday, July 29, 2010

Rush Radio 94.5 plagiarizes news

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From Rush Radio, 94.5
, highlighted portions copied word-for-word from the News & Record (here):
RALEIGH, NCA new statewide review by the state DOT has ranked the Greensboro Urban Loop "high priority," meaning it could be finished by 2020.

A draft timetable calls for DOT to start buying the remaining land needed for Bryan-to-Battleground next year, with construction starting in 2014. It schedules final land-buying for the eastern-loop section in 2015, with construction from 2017 to 2020. 

Winston-Salem fared poorly in the rankings. Its proposed loop finished low and was not recommended for land-buying or construction during the next decade. 
ITEM:
From Rush Radio, 94.5,
highlighted portions copied word-for-word from WGHP Fox8 (here):
GREENSBORO, NC - Three cats from the Aycock neighborhood in Greensboro were apparently attacked, poisoned, and left to die last week.

The animals were found on the front steps of their respective homes last week, and only one of the [injured] cats survived.

Guilford County Animal Control think the cats were taken and given to dogs to attack. They continue to investigate.

In the meantime, neighbors in Aycock are keeping their pets indoors to avoid further attacks. 
ITEM:
From Rush Radio, 94.5
,
highlighted portions copied word-for-word from The Winston-Salem Journal (here):
WINSTON-SALEM, NCStudents in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system made proficiency gains in every subject area and every grade level last school year, according to preliminary test results released by the school system today. 

Overall, 82.4 percent of students in grades 3 through 8 passed state math tests, up from 79.1 percent in 2009-10. In reading, 69.1 percent passed their tests, up from 65.6 percent, and 69.1 percent of students passed science tests, up from 62.2 percent. Among high schools, students made gains in each of the eight end-of-course tests before retests were included. Retests, which were used in high school calculations for the first time this year, increased the gains even more. Overall, 39 of 56 elementary and middle schools made gains in reading, math and science. Ten more elementary and middle schools made gains in two of the three subjects. Three new schools — Caleb's Creek and Kimmel Farm elementary schools and Flat Rock Middle — took the tests for the first time. Several elementary and middle schools showed double-digit gains in the percentage of students passing tests. North Hills Elementary increased 11.4 percent in reading, 13.9 percent in math and 14.5 percent in science. Middle Fork Elementary increased 11.3 percent in reading and 18.4 percent in math. The percentage of students passing math tests increased 12.3 percent at Cook Elementary, 14.6 percent at Kimberley Park Elementary, 19.2 percent at Petree Elementary and 15 percent at Philo Middle.

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5 comments:

  1. Roch, interesting article along these lines at this link:

    http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=3133

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  2. Overall, 82.4 percent of students in grades 3 through 8 passed state math tests, up from 79.1 percent in 2009-10. In reading, 69.1 percent passed their tests, up from 65.6 percent, and 69.1 percent of students passed science tests, up from 62.2 percent.
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    How in the world can 82.4% pass a math test when only 69.1% can read the damn thing! Beau

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  3. They probably subscribe to AP and are running stories without any re-write. Pretty common today in the news business.

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  4. John, thank you for the interesting link.

    Don, there is no attribution to the AP. The stories on the Rush Radio site are attributed to Rush Radio staff.

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