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more about #plagiarism more comments → Smitros: Will Dallas Morning New reporters now be told not to advertorialize in their stories? more » The Real JR: EXCELLENT BEATNUTS REFERENCE. more » Alaska Miller: College kids are funny. more » Mo MoDo: Plagiarism lesson: Write for years, get a NYT column, win a Pulitzer and THEN start stealing from people. Kids today just don't want to put in the time. more » eeeradicator: She is a second year college student, and I am supposed to be surprised that she cheats on assignments? Not so much. What happened to that other young... more » Pope John Peeps II: That Talese interview sounds really, really made up. Like... seriously made up. more » robrob9: Really? A whole post dedicated to the dismissal of an intern -- intern -- at some middling newspaper in Colorado. Really? And she's worthy of national... more » TedSez: One of the passages she stole was from a writer's first-person account of what it was like when his own daughter died. That's a level of wrongness bey... more » Richard Lawson: Gainesville and Colorado Springs? I'd start plagiarizing too if meant getting the hell out of those burgs. more » Satyrica: Pore, not pour. more » jorel845: Amazing how your digital footprint doesn't quite expire in equal measures. She definitely can write, but the underwear bit is pathetic. Her savy is qu... more » raincoaster: Have you plugged the Talese interview into Google and seen if it matches up with a 10-year-old Playgirl interview with Tom Wolfe or something? more » Tremonius: Maybe they're the same homeless, who winter in Colorado Springs. Anyway, it's not Grand Theft, mere shoplifting. more » ifstone: Anderson should be given his due for what he's accomplished with Wired. It is ... a formidable title. Whew. Sounds like someone wants to work at Wired... more » El Matardillo: If he puts Julia Allison on the cover it'll be a bestseller. more » -
#mediacrack
When Local Reporter Pops the Trunk, Hit the Deck
In your ferocious Friday media column: A reporter brings a gun to cover Obama, more NYT layoffs coming soon, the Dallas Morning News would like your continued patronage, and plagiarist plagiarizes. More » -
#scandal
Small Town Newspaper Intern Canned For Plagiarizing New York Times
An intern at the Colorado Springs Gazette has been fired for lifting passages from the New York Times and placing them in stories she wrote for the newspaper. More » -
#magazines
The Case Against Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson's plagiarism scandal is still unfolding; Brooklyn writer Ed Champion has found instances where the Free author copied material he was supposed to be summarizing. But there was grumbling about Wired's editor long before his book scandal. More » -
#books
Wired Editor Steals Content for Book About How Content Should be Free
Chris Anderson has been caught lifting huge chunks out of Wikipedia for his book Free. The irony speaks for itself. But it's worth noting that the Wired editor's excuses are disconcertingly clichéd. More » -
#comparisons
Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Book Thief?
Potential plagiarist, at least! When author Susan Hassett sent her book Living with Celiac Disease to screechingest View hostess Hasselbeck, perhaps she was seeking some advice or PR. Instead, Hasselbeck published her own similarly-themed book a year later.
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#callingbullshit
Sarah Palin Didn't 'Plagiarize'
Grow up, liberals. Sarah Palin gave a 15-minute introduction to Michael Reagan at some event last week, and the HuffPo has discovered that some of the words she used belong to Newt Gingrich! More » -
#scandal
Maureen Dowd's Column Today 100% MoDo
Misunderstood Times columnist Maureen Dowd got in trouble for not rewriting something her friend emailed her from a blog, so today's column is something only MoDo could've written. More » -
#scandal
Josh Marshall Addresses Maureen Dowd's 'Accidental Plagiarism'
On Sunday Maureen Dowd lifted a passage from a blog post by TPM's Josh Marshall and used it in her Times column without attribution, something she claimed was accidental. Finally, Marshall has addressed the matter. More » -
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#media
The New York Times Plays by Blog Rules. When It Wants!
Maureen Dowd will get off penalty-free for (she says) accidentally plagiarizing a paragraph of Josh Marshall's material. Fine by us! Can the New York Times stop pretending the internet is ripping it off, now? More » -
#explanations
Maureen Dowd Admits to an Act of Accidental Plagiarism
Yesterday we learned that an entry in Maureen Dowd's Sunday Times column appeared to be lifted straight from a blog post by TPM's Josh Marshall on Thursday. Last night, Dowd admitted to plagiarizing Marshall. More » -
#scandal
Maureen Dowd Was Copying Off Of TPM Josh Marshall's Paper
Whoops! It appearsTalking Points Memo's Josh Marshalla Talking Points Memo follower might've busted Maureen Dowd doing a little bit of plagiarism. At the very least, she's definitely being accused of it. Ruh roh. -
#printisdead
Is the Los Angeles Times Cribbing from Wikipedia?
Whether they admit it or not, Wikipedia is every reporter's crutch for finding mundane details on deadline. Most know to cover up their laziness. But not this Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent. More » -
#mediacrack
Passing Off a Plagiarized Column As My Wedding Story Was Totally Unintentional
In your customary Monday media column: Another paper goes online-only, new magazines magically appear, a plagiarism scandal rocks Ocala, and a nice happy WSJ memo: More » -
#journalismism
Fortune Writer Quits Amid Uncreative Plagiarism Charge
Fortune magazine staff writer Barney Gimbel has reportedly quit amid charges he ripped off entire sections of a New York Times Magazine article, in a plagiarism job a college freshman would be ashamed of. More » -
#nealedonaldwalsch
Conversations With God Author Lamest Plagiarist Ever
Graybearded Santa figure Neale Donald Walsch, a writer on spirituality, copied a tale of Christmas cheer and posted it on BeliefNet. More »
