Someone should sit down with Stephen Veselelak of Goldsworthy Chiropractic and explain to him that it’s better to have wonder about a possible lack of ethics on his part than it is for him to repeatedly publish plagiarized articles and remove all doubt about his ethical lapses.
I previously highlighted one of Veselak’s Family Primetime literary misadventures in this blog – http://antigobuzz.com/blogs/2010/04/08/more-chiro-plagiarism-in-the-antigo-daily-journal-by-albus/
You’d think after that, especially since it came after my exposure of Stacy Bula’s plagiaristic affront, the local chiro mafia would spread the word around their clan that their days of unfettered literary scamming are over. Look, guys and gals, you may be able to pull one over on Fred Berner, but then so could the average chipmunk. However, you can’t slip your crap past anyone with half a brain and an internet connection (a description sometimes leveled at me).
Veselak’s latest gaffe is in the July 2010 issue of Family Primetime, brought to you by the wonderful journalism wannabes at the Antigo Daily Journal. His… er… their piece is on page 5, and is titled “The back of cereal boxes offers good reading”.
Notice, first, that once again Veselak has ventured into unfamiliar ground for him, the universe of common knowledge about breakfast cereals created for and marketed to kids. Guess what, folks? They’re loaded with sugar! Heavens to Betsy, who would have thunk?
Veselak’s solution to this horrendous problem is, “So, next time you’re strolling the cereal aisle deciding what’s best for your family to eat, spend some time reading those nutrition labels on the back of the box before tossing it into your shopping cart. Remember, the ingredients list will tell you a lot more about what’s inside the box than the colorful characters and happy messages on the outside ever will!”
Good advice, and… Wait a minute. That sounds a bit out-of-style for Stephen, doesn’t it? Sounds like it might have been written by someone else, don’t ya think?
Sure enough. See the article “What’s in you cereal” at the To Your Health web site at http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=1167
Here’s a sentence from the concluding paragraph of the To Your Health article: “So, the next time you’re strolling the cereal aisle deciding what’s best for your family, spend some time reading those nutrition labels on the back of the box before tossing it into your shopping cart. The ingredients list will tell you a lot more about what’s inside the box than the colorful characters and happy messages on the outside ever will.”
My, what an amazing coincidence!
The web site article starts out, “The conscientious parent tries to make the best choices when it comes to what their children eat and are willing to say “no” to the overly fatty, sugary or salty foods kids seem to gravitate toward.” After an introductory badly-written paragraph and a half, the Veselak article reads, “The conscientious parent tries to make the best choices when it comes to what their children eat and are willing to say no to the overly fatty, sugary or salty foods kids seem to gravitate toward.(And that I gravitate toward!)”
Gee, Stephen, thanks for the personalized parenthetical interjection. Veselak continues, “Instead, a parent will provide their child with a well-balanced diet, starting with the most important meal of the day, breakfast, which commonly includes, among other items, a wholesome bowl of cereal.” The To Your Health article at this point reads, “Instead, a responsible parent will provide their child with a well-balanced diet, starting with the most important meal of the day, breakfast, which commonly includes a wholesome bowl of cereal.” So, Stephen cut out the word “responsible”, probably because the word made him feel uncomfortable in the current circumstance, and injected “among other things” probably to show his commanding expertise in the subject and throw the plagiarism detectives off the trail. It didn’t work, Stephen.
The next 304 words of Veselak’s article are a word-for-word copy from the To Your Health article. Veselak invokes his privilege as a plagiarizer at the end of his collaborative piece, tacking on this tacky sentence, “And don’t forget to consult a nutritionist, your medical doctor or your chiropractot for their input on these matters, as they are willing to help!”
Yeah, Stephen, we already know what chiropractors are willing to do, thank you very much. By now, Fred Berner, alleged “Editor” of the Antigo Daily Journal and co-copyright violator, must be muttering to himself, “Fool me once, same on thee. Fool me twice, shame on me!” And that’s about it, too. Shame on Stephen Veselak and Fred Berner both for thinking that persisting in unethical behavior will somehow elevate their shabby activity to the level of social acceptance.
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Damn, this chick doesn’t really get it. I think she should just stop putting “her words” in the paper altogether.
“This chick” is Stephen Veselak. He may be journalistically unethical, but he’s male. The other chick fond of plagiarizing is Stacy Bula. I don’t think she’ll plagiarize any more. The prolific chiro “author” in Family Primtetime before her was Nicole deBroux. I’ll bet that If I could get my hands on Primetime archives, we’d find voluminous “accidental” text borrowing in her stuff, too. She claimed to cure colic, ear ache, ADHD, asthma, and maybe even poor vision and bad breath, all by jiggling vertebrae. With entertainers like these, who needs “America’s Funniest Videos”?
Albus, did you send “To Your Health” editors a link to your statement above? No? That’s okay–I did, after reading their EULA. Why? Because it pisses me off when someone steals MY intellectual property. I’d rather they steal my car. At least my car could be returned with no questions asked. Stealing copyrighted material is the theft that keeps on thieving.
Alfalfanator, there’s a lot of “nudge-nudge, wink-wink” plagiarism and recycled “informational pieces” in the chiro community. I doubt if there will be any action from the “To Your Health” people, though one can always maintain hope. The really shameful part is that Veselak and Fred Berner both are aware that (1) this activity is really crappy journalism, and (2) they can count on me to point our their obnoxious transgressions as soon as they happen. Yet, they persist in this anti-professional, unethical behavior.
Hey, guys! Steve, Fred — In my opinion, you’re unethical scam artists, inept at your chosen scurrilous professions, and bound, ultimately, to be tripped up by your own incompetence and disregard for community standards.
find something better to with your lives then talk about the chiropractors in this town they help alot of people including me. who cares about what they write give up and get a life
@Very p***ed off – If you don’t care whether your healthcare provider exhibits unprofessional, unethical, deceitful behavior, and lies repeatedly to the public, then you have much lower standards of selection than I have. As for chiropractors helping a lot of people in this town, consider Scott Tatro’s story – http://scottslockedin.com
Update. Albus and Jerry Mouthiver are one in the same. It’s like getting two shots of stupid for the price of one.
I said it long ago, is Jerry 8 or 80 and is he sitting in a garter belt posting between porno clips? Who Knows!?! Good ‘ol internet. Jerry, did your idol Big Al Gore teach you how to be so savy on the net when he invented it?
anyone who goes to a chiropractor knows there can be risks. I have been going since the 7th grade and I’m pushing 40 now. This is to keep me off pain meds for a very bad back and migranes. I have been to Dr Mulendorf, Dr Kurger Dr deBroux Dr Rindal and Dr Bula. All have a different style. Chiropractic care helps my daughter who is a severe asthmatic helps my son with belly aches ear aches and lots of other issues. I feel for Scott it is terrible but how many others have been helped over the years? And if you ask me it’s much safer then popping pills that within 5 yrs are coming up with “oh no, if you took this” stuff. I tried out different Chiropractors to see who would fit me best. You don’t want someone to put you in a head lock and twist your neck, then go to Dr Bula, she uses a clicker that gently moves the bones back into alignment. You want someone with all the fancy gadgets go to Dr Kerger. You looking for just popping your back go to Dr Rindall. Don’t bad mouth the work of Chiropractic care, it’s been around much longer then modern meds. Sorry if I misspelled any names.
Ginger, many people in the area feel they have been helped by chiropractors. In fact, Antigo has one chiropractor for every 600 or so citizens, while the national average is one per 6,600. So, chiropractic is 11 times more popular here than one would expect. However, being popular is not the same as being right, or even beneficial.
Chiropractors are masters of the placebo – “Wow! He did something impressive. That must mean it’s good for me!” It’s one of those things which only works if you be3lieve it’s going to work. That puts chiropractors on the same level as faith healers, which in fact they are. A great many of their claimed “cures” are for conditions which are self-correcting, or in the case of “subluxations”, imaginary. There is no scientific evidence that chiropractic “adjustments” have any effect on asthma, colic, otitis media (earache), ADHD, or infertility, among the many magical claims I’ve seen from local chiropractors.
The “clicker” Stacy Bula used on you is called an “activator”, and is as bogus a treatment as poking needles into a voodoo doll. “Spinal misalignment” causing “subluxations” that are correctable by “gentle movement” is a figment of chiropractic imagination, not scientific reality. By the way, I expect you will not believe a single word I have written, because support of chiropractic is a matter of faith, not reason, and evidence does not matter for true believers.
Jerry Muelver, you are just sooooo smart, I can’t believe you are from Antigo??? you must be a God who knows all sees all please tell me everything you know because I will just be so much smarter after listening to you… what rock did you just crawl out from under??? No scientific proof??? Shows you read what you want because you are too one sided to see the other facts. You don’t have to like them but you can stop spreading your “facts” because they are incorrect.. http://www.chirotips.com/chiropractic_quick_facts.htm
http://www.youcanbefit.com/fr.html
http://www.chiroweb.net/chiropractic/alternative_health.html