ABS-CBN Broadcast Journalist Karen Davila (Photo: DZMM)
Angela Stuart—Santiago, a blogger is accusing ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Karen Davila of committing plagiarism.
Santiago narrated on her blog http://www.stuartsantiago.com/ that Karen Davila’s narrative spiels on an ABS-CBN produced documentary entitled “Laban ni Cory” (aired August 2, 2009), were lifted from the former’s book entitled, “Himagsikan sa Edsa—Walang Himala!” without the writer’s consent and was not given any credit.
(Read the Angela Stuart-Santiago’s blog post regarding the issue)
However, ABS-CBN has already issued a statement on the issue through their head of Corporate Communications, Bong Osorio that reads:
“ABS-CBN does not condone plagiarism. We are currently investigating the serious allegation and will release our findings to the public.”
Meanwhile, an ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs insider has clarified that Davila didn’t write any part of the said documentary. With different ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs personalities including Korina Sanchez and Ces Drilon, Karen Davila was only asked to narrate the said documentary. A separate team of writers and researchers was responsible for writing the said documentary.
More details as the story develops.
(PEP/DZMM/ABS-CBN)
