Journalism vs Faux Journalism

In this day and age of dwindling resources, media outlets are sharing resources and news stories. We've all heard the phrase "from our reporting partners at.....". In theory it's a great idea, but as the devil is in the details, the concept does not always serve the audience well.

It should be easy for anyone to tell which of the news stories presented below is "journalism" and which is "faux journalism". One story is succinct and complete, the other is a disjointed study in ambiguity and poor writing. 

The WOWO News story:

The Journal Gazette story (first 2 'graphs):

The WOWO story seems to imply that the FWCS school board approved making a loan. The JG story correctly states that FWCS's board approved an application for a loan from a State fund. The WOWO story makes it sound like FWCS approved a loan to itself and fails to explain that the money would be coming from a State fund. 

One has to wonder how the Journal Gazette mutually benefits from this arrangement, but that's not for the Maven to determine. All appearances are that the radio people now are legitimately appropriating news content from the morning paper...something they have previously been stealing (without attribution) for decades.