I’d be interested in seeing the terms of McGinniss’ contract—who is paying him how much, just little details like that....
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Whose Words Are They, Anyway?
Joe McGinniss’ alleged plagiarism — The author’s ‘’The Last Brother’’ is stirring controversy for it’s blend of fact and fiction as an unauthorized ‘’biography’’ of Senator Edward Kennedy
The first of the controversies swirling around the unauthorized ‘’biography’’ concerns a weird disclaimer that appeared in a 123-page advance excerpt distributed at the American Booksellers Association meeting this May.
‘’Some thoughts and dialogue attributed to people in this narrative,’’ the statement read, ‘’were created by the author.’’ The disclaimer later was dropped, reportedly at McGinniss’ insistence, but coming hard on the heels of the much-publicized lawsuit over quotes allegedly fabricated by The New Yorker’s Janet Malcolm, it hit a very exposed nerve.
Legendary editor Roger W. Straus, president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, says, ‘’Will the public accept it when an author says, ‘I’m selling you this book as a bio, but I’m also telling you that I made up a lot of stuff myself’ ? It’s a helluva way to run a railroad.’’
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,307458,00.html
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Gee, that just how illegitimately -0 writes.