Why are journalists so tempted to plagiarize and make up stories?

Plagiarism is seen amongst many individuals ranging from students, inventors, and even journalists. Why, though? From age five and through adulthood, we are constantly told not to and reprimanded for plagiarizing, so why do people continue to do it?

Well for starters, it makes doing the actual work a lot easier. If you can just copy and paste or take someone else's idea you can save heaps of time. This is the same for journalists. Journalists are constantly writing about new stories and new leads. From the beginning of work until the end, they write draft after draft. With that in mind, many people take other ideas and copy others' work for personal benefit.

Moreover, many journalists have made up sources or stories so that they have the most interesting version of said story. The credibility of a story shoots up if there are quotes/comments from outside individuals of higher authority. Therefore, many people make up quotes to add into their stories to provide more intrigue and credibility.

Although it is immoral to do so, plagiarizing has become extremely significant in today's news industry, as well as in education, and will continue to do so as long as competition and laziness are still involved.