By GABRIEL ORTIGOZA, Ph.D
ELK
GROVE, California – A senior journalist of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) apologized
Monday to this writer after being accused of plagiarism on her article about a beleaguered
cadet of the Philippine Military Academy.
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| Philippine Daily Inquirer's senior correspondent Cynthia Balana |
This
writer, a former military professor of PMA, sent an e-mail to PDI on May 2,
2014 and suggested to acknowledge their source of information and give proper
credit to whom it should be given.
On
May 5, 2014, Cynthia Balana of PDI sent an e-mail apologizing for not
acknowledging this writer as one of her sources in her article: CHR: PMA Cadet
Cudia not guilty of lying, should be granted diploma. The controversial article
was published in the Inquirer’s April 30, 2014 issue.
Balana
explained that her story was based on the press conference on April 30 of the
Commission of Human Rights Chair Etta Rosales.
Balana,
in her e-mail, told this writer she made her research about the honor committee
and found a blog of this writer’s brother that can be accessed at http://mortzortigoza.blogspot.com/2014/02/pma-former-military-prof-dissects.html . She said she found the description
of the honor committee she thought was that of PMA. Balana later found however
that the contents of the blog post were of this writer after the latter wrote
the editor of the famous Philippines’ broadsheet.
In
her letter, Balana she said: “I assure you, there was no intention to
“plagiarized” as you said as I have been a responsible journalist for 27
years.”
“Yes,
it was a lapse on my part as I was pressed for time (because of the 5 pm
deadline) and forgot to mention the blog,” she stressed.
Balana assured the faux pas would not happen again.
A
university professor who asked anonymity said the act of the Inquirer’s
reporter on copying in toto other's idea without attribution to the original
source was a clear example of plagiarism which was an act of fraud
(gabbyortig@yahoo.com).
U.S Writer Smarting on PDI's Grabbing his Article
By Gabriel Ortigoza, Ph.D
Nice to get news update regarding the case of former PMA cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia. However, it is more better if the thoughts of other writers are acknowledge when writing an article otherwise you, as a writer borrowing others ideas, will be accused of plagiarism. Plagiarism is an act of fraud.
Paragraphs 5 & 12 of the Philippine Daily Inquirer news article "CHR: PMA Cadet Cudia not guilty of lying, should be granted diploma" seemed to be copied from my article at Philippine Fiesta, page 7, published on February 27, 2014 in Elk Grove, California with the title "Philippine Military Academy and the current issues, my opinion".
Paragraph 19 of my article reads:
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
And here is the Philippine Daily Inquirer news article on sentence paragraph 12:
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
My dear friends, have you seen the similarity between my original sentence in my article written in February 2014 and paragraph 12 of PDI's article? The Inquirer's article is exactly identical wordings and with the same sentence arrangement as mine.
Paragraph 23, of my article reads:
Let’s go back to the case of Cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia who was awarded 11 demerits and 13 hours of touring for reporting two minutes late to his next class. Cadet Cudia appealed his punishment saying his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade.
Furthermore, Cudia used the word “class” for the reason that he was with two other cadets (1CL Miranda and 1CL Arcangel) who have queries and business with the instructor while the other members of the section proceeded to the next class, English, a one unit subject that some cadets take for granted but, look, what a minor subject brings you.
Let’s go back to the case of Cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia who was awarded 11 demerits and 13 hours of touring for reporting two minutes late to his next class. Cadet Cudia appealed his punishment saying his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade.
Furthermore, Cudia used the word “class” for the reason that he was with two other cadets (1CL Miranda and 1CL Arcangel) who have queries and business with the instructor while the other members of the section proceeded to the next class, English, a one unit subject that some cadets take for granted but, look, what a minor subject brings you.
Let us analyze the second and third sentences in paragraph 23 of my article:
"...his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade."
"...his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade."
Here is this Inquirer's news articles in paragraph 5:
Cudia said his instructor, Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late and that he was under instruction from Costales to wait for the instructor to give him the section grade.
Cudia said his instructor, Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late and that he was under instruction from Costales to wait for the instructor to give him the section grade.
What do you think of the sentence-paragraph mentioned above? It looks like the sentence-paragraph of this Inquirer's news article context was also taken from my original article written in February 2014.
I haven't come across a writer or a blogger on Cudia's case addressing Dr. Monica Costales as Monique. I guess it is only me, amongst others, that call Dr. Costales by her nickname. Monique used to be my fellow instructor at the Department of Management at PMA and she is also my classmate in Ph.D. at UC beginning year 2000 up until I finished my doctoral degree in 2003.
Copying other's idea is a clear example of plagiarism which is an act of fraud.
I have high regard with Philippine Daily Inquirer as the leading newspaper in the Philippines. I hope and pray that PDI can do something to correct the wrong practice of it's writer.
(Attached herewith are my article published on February 27, 2014 and the Philippine Daily Inquirer article published on April 30, 2014).
Nice to get news update regarding the case of former PMA cadet Jeff Aldrin Cudia. However, it is better if the thoughts of other writers are acknowledge when writing an article otherwise you, as a writer borrowing others ideas, will be accused of plagiarism. Plagiarism is an act of fraud.
Paragraphs 5 & 12 of the Philippine Daily Inquirer news article "CHR: PMA Cadet Cudia not guilty of lying, should be granted diploma" seemed to be copied from my article at Philippine Fiesta, page 7, published on February 27, 2014 in Elk Grove, California with the title "Philippine Military Academy and the current issues, my opinion".
Paragraph 19 of my article reads:
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
And here is the Philippine Daily Inquirer news article on sentence paragraph 12:
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
The Honor Committee is composed of selected cadets with high moral ascendancy among the corps who are in charge of strictly implementing the code.
My dear friends, have you seen the similarity between my original sentence in my article written in February 2014 and paragraph 12 of PDI's article? The Inquirer's article is exactly identical wordings and with the same sentence arrangement as mine.
Paragraph 23, of my article reads:
Let’s go back to the case of Cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia who was awarded 11 demerits and 13 hours of touring for reporting two minutes late to his next class. Cadet Cudia appealed his punishment saying his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade.
Let’s go back to the case of Cadet Aldrin Jeff Cudia who was awarded 11 demerits and 13 hours of touring for reporting two minutes late to his next class. Cadet Cudia appealed his punishment saying his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade.
Furthermore, Cudia used the word “class” for the reason that he was with two other cadets (1CL Miranda and 1CL Arcangel) who have queries and business with the instructor while the other members of the section proceeded to the next class, English, a one unit subject that some cadets take for granted but, look, what a minor subject brings you.
Let us analyze the second and third sentences in paragraph 23 of my article:
"...his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade."
"...his instructor, Ms. Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late. Cadet Cudia claimed he was under instruction from Ms. Costales to wait for her to give the section grade."
Here is this Inquirer's news articles in paragraph 5:
Cudia said his instructor, Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late and that he was under instruction from Costales to wait for the instructor to give him the section grade.
Cudia said his instructor, Monique Costales, in the previous Management class dismissed them a little bit late and that he was under instruction from Costales to wait for the instructor to give him the section grade.
What do you think of the sentence-paragraph mentioned above? It looks like the sentence-paragraph of this Inquirer's news article context was also taken from my original article written in February 2014.
I haven't come across a writer or a blogger on Cudia's case addressing Dr. Monica Costales as Monique. I guess it is only me, amongst others, that call Dr. Costales by her nickname. Monique used to be my fellow instructor at the Department of Management at PMA and she is also my classmate in Ph.D. at UC beginning year 2000 up until I finished my doctoral degree in 2003.
Copying other's idea is a clear example of plagiarism which is an act of fraud.
I have high regard with Philippine Daily Inquirer as the leading newspaper in the Philippines. I hope and pray that PDI can do something to correct the wrong practice of its writer.
(Attached herewith are my article published on February 27, 2014 and the Philippine Daily Inquirer article published on April 30, 2014).
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