http://www.texaspress.com/messenger/november02/newsbriefs1102.htm Albert Flores article

November 2002, News Briefs

Daily nixes weather columnist 

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Express-News no longer will publish columns by KENS-TV chief meteorologist Albert Flores after discovering the weatherman was plagiarizing his commentary.

While fact-checking his column, an editor found it had been copied from a military weather Web site, said managing editor Carolina Garcia. A spot check of previously published columns showed a substantial amount lifted from other Web sites, she said.

Flores acknowledged the plagiarism but said any potential harm was unintentional.

KENS general manager Bob McGann said Flores’ employment at the station officially ended Nov. 5, about a week after the columns were canceled. He declined to discuss the reasons for Flores’departure.