Julian2 Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Lonely Planet rocked by fraud scandal. Link Popular guide book giant Lonely Planet has suffered a severe blow to its credibility, with one of its authors admitting to plagiarising and making up huge slabs of his books. Thomas Kohnstamm, who worked on more than a dozen guide books for the publisher, has even admitted that he didn't visit one of the countries he wrote about, saying he worked on the book about Columbia from his US home. "They didn't pay me enough to go (to) Columbia," News Ltd newspapers reported him saying. "I wrote the book in San Francisco. I got the information from a chick I was dating - an intern in the Colombian Consulate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 hey didn't pay me enough to go (to) Columbia," News Ltd newspapers reported him saying. "I wrote the book in San Francisco. I got the information from a chick I was dating - an intern in the Colombian Consulate. At least he had a good time .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 << Lonely Planet has conducted a review of all Mr Kohnstamm's guide books, but says it has failed to find any inaccuracies in them. >> Then let them have a go at the LPG to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kohnstamm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 His first book, Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?, will be published by Rather fitting title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Yeah spot on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 a modern Jules Verne or Karl May? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 Kara Ben Nemsi? p.s. There are so many guide books out that I'm sure I could put together a fairly convincing one by plagiarising from others. In fact, that how I think most of them are written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 I like LP for the pictures, but I have often found the information to be off/as in not current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 There's a reason we call them the Loonie Planet Guides, IMHO they bear no resemblance to reality. Cheers Coss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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