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The Google/China Hacking Case: How Many News Outlets Do a Original Reporting on a Big Story?
Jonathan Stray – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Apr 2015

From 800 news stories researched online about the hacking story, all but 121 were identical, 13 contained at least one personal or unique quote, and just seven represented original journalistic work. In other words, 85% of the [800] news articles were verbatim rewrites from other journalists whereas only about 1% constituted original stories.

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