June 7, 2011 - Denver Post sports columnist Woody Paige apologized for lifting quotes from a SportsBusiness Journal article without attrition. Wikipedia entry: "The Denver Post issued a correction without any admission of misdeed or public consequence to the plagiarist. ESPN failed to acknowledge the lifting of material ever happened."
Paige was not suspended or fired.
SportsbyBrooks: "ESPN’s own Dan Le Batard reported to readers on the MIAMI HERALD website in 2009 that Paige once ripped off an entire column from him." link
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Monday, June 13, 2011
WashPo Reporter Suspended for Making Up Twitter Story
September 13, 2010 - Washington Post sports reporter Mike Wise was suspended by the paper for a month for making up a story and posting it to his Twitter account. He said he made up the story to show that "a made-up, un-sourced story would be picked up and printed by mainstream newspapers." They did.
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