CONTAMINATION IN HERALD'S EDIT ON USS NIMITZ

They’d stopped it for a while, but its back to edit mischief now.
Herald’s shadow edit writer (yes…. Robin, doesn’t write – write… hehe plagiarise -- most of the edits anymore. He’s outsourced it to another freak… whatizname his name!!! Hmm errr lets just give him a handle for you guys to hold. Lets call him JZzzzz)
Now someone who wrote the editorial for the July 4 edition seems like a big fan of Rajdeep Sardessai, cause the edit on USS NIMITZ has a lot of chunks lifted from CNN-IBN’s website http://www.ibnlive.com
Now while writing edits one has to refer to news reports to get the hang of what you are talking about, but you can’t just tweak the beginning and the end of sentences and reproduce the rest of the stuffing as it is.

HERALD'S PLAGIARISED PIECE

JULY 4 edition
http://oheraldo.in/node/25992

FULL CIRCLE

Is this the end of the unofficial cold war between India and the USA? With the arrival of the nuclear powered American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, with its massive strike force of about 80 aircraft at Chennai port, a new thaw has opened in Indo-US military relationships. No doubt its arrival was preceded by protests from political parties in India and there was fear that the ship was spewing radiation which would contaminate Chennai.
But for India the arrival of the USS Nimitz also in effect marks a full circle in Indo-US ties. Thirty-six years ago, in December, just days before India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, the USS enterprise came into the Bay of Bengal as a threat to India. And this thaw has been increasing over the past few years and now with India wanting to purchase 126 fighter aircraft, one can envisage many more such visits in the years to come.

THE ORIGINAL STORY

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/with-nimitz-indous-ties-come-full-circle/43879-3.html

With Nimitz, Indo-US ties come full circle

Vivin Mathew / CNN-IBN

Time Published on Monday , July 02, 2007 at 11:10 in Nation section

Chennai: Nuclear-powered American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which brings with it a massive strikeforce of about 80 aircraft, docked near Chennai on Monday morning.
Its arrival has been preceded by protests from political parties in India and the ship's commanders' refusal to clarify whether it indeed is carrying nuclear weapons has complicated matters further.
“It is general US policy not to carry nuclear weapons aboard ships, aircraft or submarines. But I can’t discuss the absence or presence of those weapons on board,” Commanding Officer of USS Nimitz, Michael Manazir said.
The ship codenamed – CVN 68 – has been in service for more than 32 years and its commanders say that it has never had a nuclear leak.
But it’s not the fear of an accident that is keeping the Nimitz three kilometers off the Chennai coast. “My ship is too big to get into the port. I evaluated that the channel is big enough but the turning basin is too small for me to maneuver the carrier,” Manazir said.
For decades aircraft carriers have been instruments of US foreign policy, the Nimitz, in fact, comes to India after an assignment of intimidation off the coast of Iran.
Its arrival also in effect marks a full circle in Indo-US ties. Thirty-six years ago, in December, just days before India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, the USS enterprise came into the Bay of Bengal as a threat to India.