Sweden's broadcaster guilty of plagiarism

The website of Sveriges Radio (SR), Sweden's state-financed broadcaster, has been caught plagiarising articles from The Local, an independent English-language online newspaper. Some pieces were even broadcast verbatim. The discovery has embarrassed SR. In a blog posting to readers, The Local's editor, James Savage, writes that SR has now taken down the articles and apologised, adding: "We are reassured by SR's clarification and thank them for their prompt response. (Via The Local)