CNN fires editor accused of extensive plagiarism
By Tim Molloy CNN says it has fired an editor after finding examples of plagiarism in about
50 of her stories. The company said it had terminated Marie-Louise Gumuchian, who reported from
CNN's London bureau about Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, in an editor's
note published Friday. It said it had removed plagiarized passages from some articles, and deleted
some altogether. Here's the note: (CNN) — CNN has discovered multiple instances of plagiarism
by Marie-Louise Gumuchian, a former CNN news editor. She wrote frequently about
international news, writing and reporting about Africa, Europe, and the Middle
East from our London bureau. An unpublished story flagged last week during our editing process led to an
internal investigation that uncovered other examples in about 50 published
stories, and our investigation is ongoing. We've terminated Gumuchian's employment with CNN, and have removed the
instances of plagiarism found in her pieces. In some cases, we've chosen to
delete an entire article. Trust, integrity and simply giving credit where it's due are among the tenets
of journalism we hold dear, and we regret that we published material that did
not reflect those essential standards. We also believe in letting audiences know when we've remedied situations that
threaten to compromise that trust. - Meredith Artley, Managing Editor and VP, CNN Digital
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- Manuel Perez,
Editorial Director, CNN Digital
- Richard T. Griffiths, Senior Editorial
Director and VP, CNN