Wow, oh wow! Judith Griggs really doesn’t get it at all. She blames the whole fiasco on “this woman — Monica,” and goes on to imply that Ms. Gaudio is greedy for asking for a contribution to Columbia’s School of Journalism, when there are other people who are out of work right before the holidays. As if that’s Monica’s fault . . .
The complicating issue was that one of the businesses we worked with had closed without notice, just a sign on the door — leaving several people, including a chef who had relocated to this area from Florida — out of work. I do not offer this as an excuse, but that, when she wanted money for Columbia University, it seemed ironic because there were all these people in this small town going into the holidays with no jobs, and no, well, nothing.
Oh, the excuses. Too tired, too overworked, too understaffed. How about too lazy, Judith? You admitted to laziness, but claimed it was only Monica’s article you swiped. How about explaining why you made a habit of swiping copyrighted material off the internet, and this wasn’t a one-time lapse in judgment, as you imply? It’s a pretty good bet that Food Network (Scripps), Disney, and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia won’t ask for as little as Monica did. Those additional cases have been documented and verified; the evidence is pretty damning.
To top it off, Griggs still thinks she was helping Monica by stealing her article. It’s the height of arrogance to automatically assume that the author of every article you swipe and edit is looking for you to provide them with portfolio material, and should therefore be grateful for your theft. I really don’t think folks like Paula Deen (whose material you also swiped) are looking to add your freebie, unaudited, publication’s credit to their resumes.
In the past I have also assisted budding writers with their writing skills and given them a portfolio piece they can get jobs with . . .
The good news is that it seems Cooks Source is folding. The only other staffer she claims she has may or may not actually be her cat, so its demise won’t even put a bunch of people out of work. 😉
The bad news is that this is probably the final straw for Cooks Source. We have never been a great money-maker even with all the good we do for businesses. Having a black mark wont help…and now, our black mark will become our shroud. Winters are bleak in Western New England, and as such they are bleak for Cooks Source as well. This will end us.
Perhaps Griggs could start a local theater company, and stage melodramas. Perhaps all those out-of-work restaurant staffers could play supporting roles to Griggs’ lead. They’d work for free, of course, because everyone does that for Judith. Or something.
There’s something about nitwits which renders them incapable of accepting responsibility for their behavior. We see this time and again with Daggy, Peaches, Iron Dave, Phleabitten and now Griggs.
No one likes to admit they’re wrong-I certainly don’t but the fact is that’s what responsible adults do.
The Legion still haven’t gotten past kindergarten behavior.
Neighbor: “Mornin’ Judy. Would you mind explaining why my car is parked in your driveway?”
Griggs: “I needed it to run some errands, and forgot to tell you. You should thank me for tossing out all the junk in the trunk, and taking it through the car wash.”
*rolls eyes*
I don’t see how that is a ‘complicating issue’ but it certainly comes across as an excuse. A poor one.
And, if Griggs hadn’t gotten caught, and been shamed into donating $130 to an Ivy League university’s journalism school, those people would still be employed? There’s irony there, alright, but it’s that the irony of her (of all people) contributing to a school of journalism seems to have completely escaped her.
The legion seems to be growing. Every time we turn over a rock, there is another one lurking about.
http://www.cookssource.com is gone now, and redirects to intuit.com, which was Griggs’ web host. That’s different than the error message I’d see when, at the height of the scandal, the site crashed.
Good riddance.
I’ll second that, Mike.
Plagiarists have no place in this world. And stealing stories, even if you keep the original author’s name, is still stealing.
“200 mile a day.”
*What* a professional editor she is. And quite the scapegrace.
Add in all the missing apostrophes in her contractions, and she’s got quite a few typos in her very first paragraph (“Its,” “hasnt,” “doesnt” — twice). I can certainly understand how someone can miss a typo, especially when reading something one has written oneself for the umpteenth time, but to have that many in that few sentences is inexcusable for someone who masquerades as an editor on the internet.
There are so many contradictions in that post of hers. For instance, in the first paragraph she says she offered to pay Monica and a few lines later in the same paragraph complains that Monica wanted her to donate money to Columbia School of Journalism.
It’s backpedalling, plain and simple. She’s trying to focus on Monica in the hopes people forget/don’t notice she made similar acts of copyright infringement against people with high powered lawyers on retainer. I don’t think she gets how wide spread her shenanigans have become known.
It seems the digital press, as opposed to a handful of bloggers, has finally picked up on the demise of Cooks Source. This Digital Journal article was only 18 hours old when I found it this morning. Unfortunately, it has a grammatical error in the very first sentence. Oh well. Like many other online media outlets, it did a story a couple of weeks ago, but very few have done follow-ups since then.
Closing is good. That’s a happy ending!