 It's come to our attention that the Times' story today about the "miracle fruit" that makes everything taste sweet is—to use a technical journalism term—a big ripoff of a Wall Street Journal story from a year ago. A Page One WSJ story, at that. And it's not just that the Times wrote a piece on the same topic, which is common enough; they used a bunch of the same sources, and made the many of the same points in the same way. With not even a nod to the original! This is a semi-gotcha—it could have been solved by simply giving a little credit. It's not plagiarism, but it is enough to mightily piss off a fellow reporter. Check out the similarities:
"To Make Lemons Into Lemonade, Try 'Miracle Fruit,'" WSJ, 3/30/07: 
"The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds," NYT, 5/28/08:
WSJ:
NYT:
(PS: The Times linked to three different websites in its online story, so they can't argue that they couldn't even give a link to the WSJ.)
  
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