Big Phat Plageristic Pratt

[Regs]

Vancouver sports columnist canned for plagiarism

So the Team is 100% behind Pratt... 100% behind plagerism?

Do you think it is a big deal?

Will there be any further fallout, i.e, will it affect the relationship between the Team and the Province?

[Polska]

what an idiot. wonder if chapman will continue ?

[italian_stallion21]

Originally Posted by Regs

Vancouver sports columnist canned for plagiarism

So the Team is 100% behind Pratt... 100% behind plagerism?

Do you think it is a big deal?

Will there be any further fallout, i.e, will it affect the relationship between the Team and the Province?

I personally don't think it's a big deal based on the context of what was plagerized. People use other people's quote's or saying's all the time. As Pratt had said he should have added the line, "to quote...." before it. But really, should he have lost his column? I don't think so. Now fcuk off, I'm busy

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Regs

Vancouver sports columnist canned for plagiarism

So the Team is 100% behind Pratt... 100% behind plagerism?

Do you think it is a big deal?

Will there be any further fallout, i.e, will it affect the relationship between the Team and the Province?

It was one sentence. Taylor plagerise's every show, stealing quotes, lines and stories from other writiers. I see this happen all the time with guys from TSN, sportsnet and the score, yet a guy misses a quotation in the paper and he is canned, I find it a bit harsh. (my opinion)

Pratt is one of only a few that tells it like it is.

Oh well their is still 3-6 on the 1040


BTW Dude plagerise's all the time and I don't see Reg canning his ass on TTP for not quoting

[trece verde]

...actually the idea of The Province "improving their standard of journalism" is slightly more than a bit oxymoronic. They've got nowhere to go but up.

I kind of wonder about this one though. Borrowing clichés is a time-honoured tradition in sports journalism. Without it, there goes two thirds of Don Taylor's delivery. Now if Pratt had properly attributed his statement (i.e. "in the words of Rick Reilly...") would he still have been in trouble? This almost sounds like an excuse for house cleaning.

Is it a big deal? Not really, unless they give Tony Gallagher more space as a result... Now here's a thought: give the space that Pratt used to take up to TTP for a real soccer column...

Good evening sports fans...

Trece

[knvb]

I think it’s disgraceful to use a line or a phrase you’ve read and liked and then pass it off as your own, over and over again. Shoc-king.

Seriously.

~KNVB

[Kevin Hector]

I hate Tony Gallagher.....

[Dude]

Franchise:

‘Twas the night before Christmas,
And all through the house,
No a creature was stirring,
Nobody likes you.

Oops, there I go again.

Pratt sucks as a columnist anyhow, so the space can now be better used elsewhere. Get Sensei Hansen a full time gig. Anyone, just don't get Don Taylor writing again. Good god...experiment gone bad right there.

Pratt serves a purpose on the radio, but his shtick gets totally lost in print.

[Dude]

PS: KNVB's a cnut.

Fcuk off, I'm busy.

[girth]

Originally Posted by Dude

PS: KNVB's a cnut.

That line is plagerism big time! Problem is I think everyone on here has used it? We all be fired!

[Polska]

Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life there.

[Tuna]

You really have to admire his reason though:

"It was a Saturday and I wanted to get out of [the office] before noon," he said over the phone.

What a chump.

[Sandman]

None of Pratt's excuses or the excuses offered up on this forum would wash if he was caught plagarizing at UBC....maybe at SFU

Imagine telling a prof It was a saturday and I wanted to get out of the library...wouldnt go over too well.

Professionals in his industry dont have many standards to uphold but plagarism is one of them. The team 1040 should can him.

Sandman.

[Regs]

Couldn't you just imagine the phone call from the Province?

Pratt: "No, no, no, that's not what I said. What I'm saying is this: ..."

Jenn Burke should be all over this

[Vicious and Delicious]

"Dude is fat
Dude is plump
Dude's soccer skills are in the declining dumps.
Dude eats most of his food from a pan
Dude likes to self tan
Dude wishes his wasn't hung like a tuna can.
Dude wears his soccer cleats loose
Dude tries to slim down with boost
Dude what a douche!"
David Pratt
Ex Vancouver Province

[johnnybluenose]

Much ado about nothing, The day he was busted Chapman came on the Pratt & Taylor show and then Pratt apologized again. Then Chapman took the piss out of him when Pratt asked
"what's in the big paper tomorrow Chappy?"
Chapman: "Lots of Stanley Cup Final coverage, NBA Final coverage, some Euro 2008 reading for our Soccer enthusiasts and nothing by Rick Reilly"

I think Pratt is a blowhard and a legend in his own mind, but I don't think the TEAM should fire him...he is the anchor of that Station IMHO, and the drive home wouldn't be the same without his antics either making me howl in laughter or want to drive down to the Station and punch his face in.

He is as close to a shock jock we will ever get in this watered down too-PC market. He does things on the knife edge to draw the ire of people, and at the same time kisses asses when he needs to.

The whole Brian Burke and Jennifer Mathers thing put the TEAM on the map forever, and for that "Mr. Team" forever owes a debt of gratitude to Pratt.

also note how Chapman explained it...He said the journos in E-media don't have to held to the same standard as print, because print is "Public Record"

The Province is a weak sauce paper as far as real news. The Crossword Page and the Sports are the only good stuff in that rag...They have editorialists and journo's write artciles etc and can't seem to decide between reporting news and writing stories...There is a difference, just look back to the sloppy coverage and reporting on the Whitecaps stadium debacle from last month and how many times the Province had to apologize.

[Regs]

There's a Whitecaps stadium?

Quit making things up JBN

[Dude]

Originally Posted by Vicious and Delicious

"Dude is fat
Dude is plump
Dude's soccer skills are in the declining dumps.
Dude eats most of his food from a pan
Dude likes to self tan
Dude wishes his wasn't hung like a tuna can.
Dude wears his soccer cleats loose
Dude tries to slim down with boost
Dude what a douche!"
David Pratt
Ex Vancouver Province

I think I just found my new sig.

How are things Sid?

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Vicious and Delicious

"Dude is fat
Dude is plump
Dude's soccer skills are in the declining dumps.
Dude eats most of his food from a pan
Dude likes to self tan
Dude wishes his wasn't hung like a tuna can.
Dude wears his soccer cleats loose
Dude tries to slim down with boost
Dude what a douche!"
David Pratt
Ex Vancouver Province

Priceless BIG D...Go Rams