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Article: Plagiarism Incident Shakes Macon, Ga., Newspaper.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 9, 2004
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By Caroline Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 9--A smaller-scale version of the Jayson Blair tale has hit a Georgia newspaper.
The Macon Telegraph fired reporter Khalil Abdullah for copying parts of news stories from other publications, the newspaper said.
Abdullah, 31, was already on his second chance. He was fired from The Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram for similar actions several years ago, but Macon editors thought he had learned his lesson, according to the Telegraph.
Both the Fort Worth and Macon papers are owned by Knight Ridder.
Abdullah started work in Macon in ...