Comments on: Columbia J-school students accused of cheating on ethics exam; Update: Investigation dropped?

By: naliaka

naliaka — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:19:35 +0000

Anyone wonder about the other scandal here? The utter laziness of high paid professors who won’t put the effort in to proctor an exam?
Lazy. Lazy. Lazy. Overpriced, tuition is sky high and no end in sight, it’s rising faster than inflation, cause it’s being spent on other things besides quality, no nonsense education.
The US education system is busted from top to bottom, but the media won’t expose this fraud, for these schools produce Leftists.

By: De Novo

De Novo — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:08:08 +0000

That’s All I Need (to Replace Examsoft)…

Inspired by Radar Online, the New York Times reports that some students at Columbias Graduate School of Journalism may have cheated on their open-book, take-home pass-fail exam in the ethics course Critical Issues in Journalism. Student Sabbati Z…

By: IrishEyes

IrishEyes — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:07:37 +0000

They were PUBLISHING the leaked questions, which means that its perfectly legal, and they can protect their sources…

They’re just learning how to leak security documents, national secrets, etc., so maybe they really passed the exam!
/sarc

By: Wake up America

Wake up America — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:38:57 +0000

NYT and AP School of Journalism?…

In all honesty, what do we expect from these kids? They look to the New York Times and see their “examples” reporting leaks that endanger our law enforcement officers lives, they look to AP and see them reporting from sources that may or may not exis…

By: right2bright

right2bright — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:30:53 +0000

It is not like law school, where fine differences in points make all the difference in the world.

Right, CBS, AP, NYT, etc. already knows that.
Blown up ambulances that were never blown up, burned alive bodies that were never burned alive, I voted against it before I voted for it, I don’t know how that money got into my freezer, Las Vegas real estate deal…never heard of it, my daughter was VP in charge of government contracts but that did not influence me. You know those little unimportant differences.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:22:16 +0000

Are they “liberals” because they’re at Columbia or because they are in journalism school? Or because they’re cheating? Just curious.

honora on December 1, 2006 at 12:35 PM

Any two of the three would qualify. Good analysis honora, you are learning.

By: chsw

chsw — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:15:04 +0000

FWIU, this was an “ethics in journalism” exam. I guess they all passed.

chsw

By: EEprom

EEprom — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:35:01 +0000

Are they “liberals” because they’re at Columbia or because they are in journalism school? Or because they’re cheating?

Probably, probably, defintely

By: honora

honora — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:01:24 +0000

…no…because they’re traitors….

*DAMN*! I have to find a new word.

Puritan1648 on December 1, 2006 at 2:54 PM

Oh go ahead. You never know, even a broken clock is right twice a day. ;^)

By: Im_no_dhimmi

Im_no_dhimmi — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:30:16 +0000

What a bunch of ethical fauxnies

By: Mark A. Kilmer (the weblog) » Journalists Cheat in Ethics Class

Mark A. Kilmer (the weblog) » Journalists Cheat in Ethics Class — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:56:02 +0000

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By: Rathergate.com » Journalists need to cheat to pass ethics class

Rathergate.com » Journalists need to cheat to pass ethics class — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:55:16 +0000

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By: Puritan1648

Puritan1648 — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:54:39 +0000

Are they “liberals” because they’re at Columbia or because they are in journalism school? Or because they’re cheating? Just curious. — honora

…no…because they’re traitors….

*DAMN*! I have to find a new word.

I wouldn’t rake ‘em over the coals for being liberals. I’d picke ‘em apart for wanting to be journalists. They seem to be on the right track.

Any chance of a national conversation on how believeable our media is? Any chance it’d be covered?

By: PaisleyCow

PaisleyCow — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:50:09 +0000

Fits in perfectly with what I have seen at my school’s newspaper. One of the journalism students the other day realized that there is no reason prostitution should be illegal if abortion is okay.

Sharpest tools in the knife drawer…

By: Phil Smith

Phil Smith — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:49:24 +0000

I’m just amazed that they have exams in J-school, judging from the quality of their product.

By: forest

forest — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:15:50 +0000

Great timing! There is a long article about Columbia at Frontpage today.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:14:10 +0000

So very rich.

Are they “liberals” because they’re at Columbia or because they are in journalism school? Or because they’re cheating? Just curious.

honora on December 1, 2006 at 12:35 PM

Great question, honora. Answer: because they’re at Columbia, and in journalism school. Give JackM credit for proper oddsmaking; it’s got to be 100 to 1.

And the context is breathtaking: they are cheating on a pass-fail, open sources, out of classroom ethics test. And these are the citizens who will judge the rest of society from the editorial pages of leftist newspapers.

Heh.

By: Kid from Brooklyn

Kid from Brooklyn — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:06:28 +0000

In other news, water is wet, and the sky is blue.

By: maintenanceman

maintenanceman — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:39:59 +0000

Cheating on an open book, two question essay test… I don’t get it.

By: Good Lt

Good Lt — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:27:14 +0000

In all fairness, there is at least one student in this mess who deserves a job in the media – the whistleblower.

The irony is just delectable.

By: mymanpotsandpans

mymanpotsandpans — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:21:00 +0000

Maybe the Duke lacrosse team should investigate.

By: Snake307

Snake307 — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:16:38 +0000

You have to wonder if any of the journalism students had any idea of the definition of Ethics.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:10:59 +0000

Ahhh… but… you see…. They were PUBLISHING the leaked questions, which means that its perfectly legal, and they can protect their sources…

And in fact, they should be in line for some type of Prize for this, shouldn’t they?

Romeo13 on December 1, 2006 at 12:45 PM

Yep, this should be extra credit. Screw the rules, they got to the bottom of things!

By: sharinlite

sharinlite — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:10:03 +0000

And everyone’s point is? Afterall, they’ve been listening, watching and just doing what their folks, teachers, professors have been doing for decades. Monkey say, monkey do. More reason not to subscribe to print media and keep our remotes at hand.

By: Attila (Pillage Idiot)

Attila (Pillage Idiot) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:07:47 +0000

So no one quotes Woody Allen?

"I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy next to me."