Posted on 05/23/2017 10:55:21 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke said this week that a CNN KFile report on plagiarism in his master's thesis could impact the Trump administration's decision to hire him for a role at the Department of Homeland Security.
A CNN KFile review of Clarke's 2013 master's thesis found 47 examples in which Clarke used passages from sources and credited them with a footnote, without using quotation marks indicating that he took the language verbatim. In several instances, Clarke copied entire sentences while changing or replacing only one or two words.
Clarke has said that he had accepted an appointment as an assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, but a DHS spokesperson said last week that no announcement of his appointment had been made.
In an interview with radio host Joe Pags that was recorded over the weekend and aired Monday, Clarke responded to the report by saying "time will tell" if he will still be welcome in the administration.
"This is about weakening, like I said, the support that I give and that I have with President Donald Trump and Secretary Kelly, it's to weaken their resolve to hang in there with me," Clarke said. "Will it be successful? It might, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over that."
Asked if he thought that the Trump administration would still hire him after the story, Clarke said, "Who knows? I say that sincerely, because I'm in a political environment, sometimes political decisions are made, President Donald Trump has to do what's in the best interest of his administration. And they've cut people loose before, I don't know why, so time will tell, but I know that he values loyalty."
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Why didn’t the Navy check his work?
Sounds mild compared to Martin Luther King’s plagiarized doctoral thesis.
I like Clark - but having been through the academic world - I know how serious plagiarism is (suppose to be) taken.
Does such plagiarism disqualify one from the job he says he was in line for? Not sure - but I’m sure it WILL be used as a disqualified by those who hate him.
I will say, I am a bit disappointed. I am also curious if he has issued a statement regarding his guilt or innocence - and an apology if guilty?
Hmmmm...yet Joe Biden still gets to be VP......
It didn’t matter with Joe Biden. Clarke’s sounds like more of a mistake, if he gave credit in footnotes.
This is all he has said regarding his work:
“Everything that I put in there had a citation and, naturally, when you accuse someone of plagiarism, it’s not citing stuff. That’s not even what CNN and their political hack Kaczynski said,” Clarke said, referring to CNN KFile reporter Andrew Kaczynski.
“They’re saying certain words and phrases I should have put quotation marks around. OK, alright, fine. Maybe from a formatting standpoint the thesis isn’t perfect, but the content is there.”
You people are infants. He attributed the references with footnotes to the original source. He just didn’t also use quote marks. Anyone could check the sources from his paper. This is a style error. Give me an Fing break while the Democrats commit every crime.
What’s to check? He left out quotation marks? Seriously?
This is a nothingburger and the fact that it is from CNN proves it.
From what I have read, this isn’t plagiarism. This is leaving out quotation marks while still including footnotes.
OMG! The Grammar & Punctuation Nazis have attacked!.................
Sheriff Clarke is a good man that committed the unpardonable sin of leaving the plantation.
“They” will turn over every leaf they can find to destroy him.
...Clarke used passages from sources and credited them with a footnote, without using quotation marks indicating that he took the language verbatim.
It is a nothingburger.
I bet you if everyone in Washington with an advanced degree was subjected to this sort of anal exam, the actual plagiarism rate would be over 80%.
Strangely it only happens to prominent Conservatives.
My girlfriend in college used to rip Pages out of a notebook during finals to give me the answers. I don’t think this is that bad.
In the world of CNN, Republicans omitting quotation marks is an unpardonable sin; Democrats murdering people is business as usual.
Thats’ true - but it is the hadn’t we Conservatives are dealt - we are held to a higher moral standard.
And you are correct- how many DC losers with advanced degrees can say they have never plagiarized ANYTHING....???
Clarke’s sounds like more of a mistake, if he gave credit in footnotes.
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My 1st take on it also.
“From what I have read, this isn’t plagiarism. This is leaving out quotation marks while still including footnotes.”
I would have to go back and check, but I am 99.9% sure the guidelines for my MSEE thesis specified a format identical to what he did ... no quotes, but citations are required for any other work transcribed either verbatim or paraphrased. Overall, the citation addresses anything dealing with plagiarism.
These people at CNN are sickening.
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