The Case of Nada Behziz

By: Francisco Quintero, Diana Avina, Azucena Escobar, Nate Quiliza, and Vivien

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Who is Nada Behziz?

Nada Behziz was a reporter for The Californian of Bakersfield that was fired because she plagiarized more than a third of her pieces in 2005.

What did she plagiarize?

Behziz took credit from seven physicians, a professor from UCLA, and six paragraphs from a United Press International story. Nada Behziz took credit for 96 stories.

Where did this happen?

This happened in Fairfield, California as the editors of "The Daily Republic" were investigating on the work of the reporter.

Why did Behziz plagiarize?

Behziz said that she never intentionally plagiarized but conceded some sloppiness in her reporting.

When?

During October of 2005, she was fired when her editors discovered her plagiarizing a quotation from the San Francisco Examiner in 1995, thus leading to a deeper investigation to her other stories.

How did she plagiarize?

A Californian investigation shows more than a third contain a variety of serious problems including plagiarized material, misattributed quotes and information, factual errors, or people who could not be verified, according to the blog Narcissistic Views on News/Politics.

What were the consequences?

Nada Behziz was fired and affected of guilt. She hasn't been mentioned ever since 2005 and hasn't worked in journalism.