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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Berthoud on May 6, 2013 at 16:32

That is bizarre. I mean, wonderful for us to see Bowes Park in the paper (even the Mail) but - as one of the commenters notes - it's a bit of a non-story, isn't it ? Not exactly news. And I guess they sourced the quotes from the sound project. Nice photos though. 

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 6, 2013 at 17:58

The "quotes" are taken verbatim - without credit or acknowledgement - from the My Bowes Park project conducted by Sound Delivery a couple of years ago.

This includes Mr Moore reporting the shop closed "12 years ago" - which is what he said at the time of his interview - 2 or 3 years ago.

The piece is presented to give the false impression that an interview took place; not great journalism - but I agree the images are good.

The My Bowes Park project is still relevant, and definitely worth a listen; and for a far more thoughtful and reflective article on George Moore's menswear read this blog post by Peter Berthoud.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 6, 2013 at 22:51

Bizarrely the same story has appeared on The Sun website - but credited to a different "journalist" ... and still without reference to the original source.

Must be some sort of oversight ... who could possibly imagine questionable journalistic practice from both The Daily Mail AND The Sun on the same day? ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Moore - Tott&WG Journal on May 10, 2013 at 12:42

It's a fairly common practice in journalism these days... I'd bet this is down to someone scouring websites for stories they can sell on as their own.

All they need is the brass neck to do it and a contact on the national newsdesks, and your story/opinion/article/photos/hard work becomes a nice little morsel they can sell on. The name of the journo at each paper usually just comes down to whichever shifter happens to be handed the story, to carry out any rewrite that's needed.

Nationals almost never credit the original source... and in this case they probably weren't aware/didn't care where it actually came from. A shame, but not unusual.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on May 10, 2013 at 12:50

Thanks Stephen for the useful insight - I think in this instance it was the pictures that sold in the story to the Mail and Sun. Whilst I think its a fascinating local quirk - I agree with Lindsey, it's a little lightweight for a national daily!

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Permalink Reply by Sam Hoggarth on May 13, 2013 at 19:06

It made the Daily Express website as well, my dad sent me a very excited text when he saw it!

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence Koonin on May 10, 2013 at 12:07

Doesn't that make it plagiarism?

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Permalink Reply by Shirley Clarke on June 14, 2013 at 13:41

I am new to you all, and this is my first post, I lived in Marlborough road all my life and remember Mr Moore Jnr and his father Old Mr Moore  (as us kids called them.. )looking at the photos brings back memories of Christmas shopping I would scourer Oxford street for a gift for my dad to no avail and would go in to see Old Mr Moore and he would always find me something. Mydleton Road has changed so much since my childhood but the momories are still with me all good ones 

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Permalink Reply by Lindsey Berthoud on June 15, 2013 at 15:09

How wonderful. I wish it were still that way today. Hello Shirley!

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