Romenesko

Miami Herald
Elaine Pasekoff's feature on buying counterfeit handbags in New York's Chinatown included tips on how to get the best-quality fakes. Many readers were upset, including one who wrote: "There is no difference between buying counterfeit purses and plagiarism, and I am pretty sure if I republish this article under my name, The Herald would go after me. Pasekoff is a thief." Features editor Aminda Marques Gonzalez now wishes the reporter had discussed her own misgivings, and that the sidebar wouldn't have included the buying tips. || More editor/ombud columns:
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