A screenshot of the landing page for a story from the Independent reading:
Delta flew 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father to ICE detention in Texas, new video shows
A photo of federal agents detaining Liam Conejo Ramos in Minnesota outraged people across the nation last year
Ariana Baio
Tuesday 17 March 2026 16:15 EDT
A screenshot of the landing page for my story reading:
Video proves Delta flew Liam Ramos and his dad to ICE detention center
Three plainclothes federal agents can be seen boarding a Delta flight while guarding the 5-year-old boy and his father, right under unsuspecting passengers' noses.
Gillian Brockell
16 Mar 2026 - 8 min read
A line from the Independent story reading:
βThe airport footage was obtained through an information disclosure request to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by activist Nick Benson with MN50501 - a Minnesota-based organization that advocates against Trump's policies.β
Iβve highlighted the part where it links to MN50501.
A screenshot of a browser window showing that the MN50501 link includes β?ref=gillianbrockell.comβ
This @the-independent.com story is such an obvious lift of mine that they didnβt even bother deleting my siteβs referral URL.
And no, they do not credit me for reporting it first or (intentionally) link to my story.
In j-school, rewording someone elseβs reporting was called plagiarism. 1/