Ron Borges

Herald hires alleged plagiarist

adamg — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:21:08 -0400

Ron Borges moves to the Herald after a whole month at WEEI.com.

WEEI hires alleged plagiarist to beef up Web site

adamg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:49:17 -0400

No, not that one, the other one. David Scott reports Ron Borges is heading to weei.com. He also discusses how Tony Massarotti almost moved to weei.com instead of to boston.com.

Bruce Allen suddenly loses interest in weei.com:

I had high hopes for this new weei.com. Borges just about kills it for me. You hire him, you lose your credibility. Simple as that.

No more Ron Borges to kick around

adamg — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:20:34 -0400

It's exeunt for the light-fingered columnist. David Scott analyzes the exit, whether Borges has a career on radio and who might replace him.

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Ron Borges and the boxer

adamg — Fri, 11 May 2007 08:21:49 -0400

David Scott recaps the return of the allegedly light-fingered Globe sportswriter, including the newest controversy surrounding him (why he wrote, even if for free, for the Web site of a boxer he supposedly covers as part of his beat).

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Anatomy of a media takedown

adamg — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:29:58 -0500

Chronology of how Ron Borges went from Globe football beat writer to suspended Globe football beat writer in just 24 hours, starting with a post in an ESPN forum.

Want to discuss the Borges case? Maybe don't bother with boston.com's message boards.

Borges suspended for two months

adamg — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:23:40 -0500

Globe sportswriter Ron Borges was suspended for two months for cribbing a Tacoma News-Tribune story in a column yesterday:

"The Globe does not tolerate plagiarism," (Globe Editor Martin) Baron said in a statement. "Extensive passages written by the Tacoma reporter were used verbatim in the column by Borges, and that is prohibited." ...

Dan Kennedy: I guess the biggest question is whether Borges will accept his punishment or quit the Globe.

David Scott: Borges Gets Off Easy:

It's really pretty simple once you choose to be a professional journalist. You accept the reponsibility of reporting the news or commenting on it and your lone charge from the journalism Gods is that you submit your own, unique, factually correct work. In short, your (written) word, is your bond to your readers.

The Boston Globe's Ron Borges broke his bond and his employers broke theirs as well by letting Borges off with what amounts to a forceful slap on the wrist. ...

Angela: Ron Borges is the MAIN REASON why I donâ€™t read the Boston Globe sports page:

... At work, I also handle copy editing duties. I have to fix/correct/rewrite stuff all the time. Seriously, it's not that difficult to re-word stuff. If a moron like me can do it, I think Borges can take the five minutes to do it as well.

Bruce Allen links to more reactions.

Did Ron Borges lift part of a column from another newspaper?

adamg — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:29:43 -0500

Cold Hard Football Facts claims that this Borges column on a Seattle Seahawks player came from this Tacoma News-Tribune article a week earlier.

Too busy to find the similarities yourself? Adam Reilly thoughtfully provides a line-by-line comparison - and notes that Borges's column has a possible out - a disclaimer that "material from personal interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report."

A lot of people don't like Borges.

Does Ron Borges hate Bill Belichick or what?

adamg — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:29:35 -0500

Perhaps Borges thought his readers have the attention span of gnats and wouldn't remember that his column today on how the signing of Adalius Thomas was possibly a big mistake completely contradicts what he wrote just yesterday on MSNBC. Bruce Allen and his readers are all over Borges - and remind him that they can, too, retain information for longer than 24 hours.

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Time to fire Ron Borges?

adamg — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:24:01 -0500

Bruce at Boston Sports Media Watch co-authors a detailed post on why the Globe must get rid of Borges:

... Boston Globe football writer Ron Borges, the Broadsheet Bully, believes fans dislike him because he expresses unpopular positions and because he challenges the New England Patriots organization and its management at a time when the franchise is hugely successful and popular.

This is simply not true.

Football fans dislike Borges because heâ€™s wrong about virtually everything, he lacks basic journalistic standards and he uses his forum with the Boston Globe to bully his subjects, especially those whom he personally dislikes, while currying the favor of his inside sources. In fact, there are many reasons why Borges is perhaps the most unpopular sports reporter in America. There are many reasons, in other words, why Borges should be fired. ...

My standard newspaper disclosure.

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