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Novelist’s Online Mea Culpa About Plagiarizing Her First Book Pulled – for Even More Plagiarism
The Wrap ^ | 5-9-22 | Harper Lambert

Posted on 05/10/2022 3:19:20 PM PDT by dynachrome

Jumi Bello’s essay about why she had plagiarized parts of her debut novel, which had been scheduled to come out later this year, was taken down Monday after the online piece was discovered to also contain plagiarism.

The online magazine Literary Hub had published the essay, titled “I Plagiarized Parts of My Debut Novel. Here’s Why,” on Monday morning. Hours later, editors decided to pull the piece after several social media users pointed out similarities between Bello’s writing and other materials, top editor Jonny Diamond told the AP.

According to Diamond, the plagiarized sections lifted from sources detailing the history of plagiarism.

(Excerpt) Read more at thewrap.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: amoralskank; liar; novelist; plagiarism; thief
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To: FirstFlaBn

I’m stealing that. Very good. A+….


21 posted on 05/10/2022 3:55:15 PM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice -can put the truth above narrative )
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To: boycott

Yep. What Boy Clinton did for BJs, Biden is doing for plagiarism.


22 posted on 05/10/2022 3:56:11 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: dynachrome

I plagiarized my apology for plagiarizing my book from a book about plagiarism.


23 posted on 05/10/2022 4:10:33 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: dynachrome

Going back to her Roots? Alex Haley would be proud of her.


24 posted on 05/10/2022 4:14:25 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: nickcarraway

If they want to hire me, I can help her publisher re-write all the plagiarized sections without asking for credit.


25 posted on 05/10/2022 4:36:55 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Zhang Fei

So would Rigoberta Menchu.


26 posted on 05/10/2022 4:39:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FirstFlaBn

Plagiarism be just a long list of lies perpetrated by The Man to keep the sista down...


27 posted on 05/10/2022 4:44:51 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: monkeyshine

I wouldn’t want or ask for credit. A check will do. Hopefully that wouldn’t be plagiarized.


28 posted on 05/10/2022 4:50:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: FirstFlaBn

Pretty good, but you stole it from me!🤣


29 posted on 05/10/2022 4:57:12 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: boycott

Why am I not surprised. Too many of our youth have no moral compass. This is a result of outcome based education.


30 posted on 05/10/2022 5:13:59 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: boycott

I knew it was going to be a “woman of color.” What I am surprised though, is that she was actually held responsible.


31 posted on 05/10/2022 6:41:19 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: dynachrome

She can always be a senator from Delaware.


32 posted on 05/11/2022 4:42:49 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: airborne

People who are not smart enough to read or write for themselves, steal from people who are!


33 posted on 05/11/2022 4:58:00 AM PDT by SMARTY (“Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.” Thomas Sowell)
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