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Are the Clintons actually writing their novels? An expert uses ‘stylometry’ to analyse Hillary and Bill’s writing
The Conversation ^ | 1/16/2023 | Staff

Posted on 01/23/2023 4:47:46 PM PST by simpson96

In 2018, former US president Bill Clinton coauthored a novel with James Patterson, the world’s bestselling author. The President is Missing is a typical “Patterson”: a page-turner of a thriller, easy to read, with short chapters and large font.

Patterson is accustomed to collaborative writing – much of his success can be attributed to novels he has written with others.

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Using ‘stylometry’ to establish authorship Using a technique called “stylometry”, it can be established that Patterson probably wrote most of The President is Missing. Stylometry uses computers to statistically analyse the frequency of words in a text. It can be applied to a variety of research purposes, most notably, authorship attribution.

Stylometry is useful when a novel’s authorship has been questioned because every individual’s writing style possesses subtle indicators – or “authorial fingerprints” – which can be used to determine who is most likely to have written a particular piece of work.

Authorial fingerprints are developed by analysing a writer’s solo-authored works, which can then be applied to collaborative efforts (luckily, Bill Clinton has a few books attributed to him alone).

So, what happens when stylometry is applied to a more recent novel coauthored by Patterson and Clinton? In June 2021, a second political thriller, The President’s Daughter, was published by the pair. Once again, it appears that Patterson did nearly all of the writing.

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


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: clintoncrimefamily; iftheirlipsaremoving
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1 posted on 01/23/2023 4:47:46 PM PST by simpson96
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More money laundering


2 posted on 01/23/2023 4:48:35 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

Didn’t Hillary allegedly write a novel about a woman Secretary of State?


3 posted on 01/23/2023 4:49:58 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego (Linda would be no crimes committed to people wear not there to be crying victims)
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To: simpson96

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Straight from their Emails, Huma said Hillary can’t figure out a TV remote and doesn’t know how to do a Google Search.

You decide, but those are the facts.

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4 posted on 01/23/2023 4:50:17 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: simpson96
Chelsea's Dad's book is legit though....


5 posted on 01/23/2023 4:51:25 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: simpson96

I read a couple of Patterson novels. They had large sections that are basically porn. Perfect for BillyBob.


6 posted on 01/23/2023 4:52:34 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Straight from their Emails, Huma said Hillary can’t figure out a TV remote and doesn’t know how to do a Google Search.

But I thought she was the smartest woman in the world and stuff.

7 posted on 01/23/2023 4:52:50 PM PST by Allegra
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To: simpson96

The title to Hillary’s book will be, “If I killed Them” . . . probably plagiarize O.J. and everywhere is mentions Nicole she will just changed it to “them.”


8 posted on 01/23/2023 4:56:56 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: simpson96

This revelation knocks James Patterson off my list of worthy people.

When you team up with the Clinton Crime Family, you mark yourself as a loser and a poor excuse for a human being!


9 posted on 01/23/2023 4:57:53 PM PST by BatGuano (2020 = Stolen Election. Believe it! Molon Labe.)
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To: simpson96

H->! is artful intelligence.

One of many reasons she will never be POTUS.


10 posted on 01/23/2023 5:00:11 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: butlerweave

Of course money laundering. It’s an easy way to filter money to them.


11 posted on 01/23/2023 5:02:42 PM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: butlerweave

Of course money laundering. It’s an easy way to filter money to them.


12 posted on 01/23/2023 5:02:42 PM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: simpson96

Different than with Obama’s books.
Rumor was that ‘The Unrepentant Terrorist’(Bill Ayers) ghostwrote Obama’s Memoir.


13 posted on 01/23/2023 5:07:28 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Seruzawa

“Deftly, with delicate care and practiced fingers, he unwrapped and freed the bulging cheeseburger...”


14 posted on 01/23/2023 5:13:57 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: simpson96

Of course they wrote them, just like Obama. But they only wrote their name on the cover page to approve the final draft when William Ayers presented it to them.


15 posted on 01/23/2023 5:20:48 PM PST by DAC21
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It was a very good strategy for the Chicago Mob, and laundered 10 of millions of campaign money too.


16 posted on 01/23/2023 5:22:14 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: simpson96

If Bill actually wrote a book the title would be “Bikini Island”.


17 posted on 01/23/2023 5:29:16 PM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: simpson96

Neither of the Clintons have ever written anything. Ridiculous. They have always had ghostwriters, and now they have “collaborators” to do all the work.


18 posted on 01/23/2023 5:32:54 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Hillary is like an ancient Chinese Mandarin. She needs servants to tie her shoes for her.


19 posted on 01/23/2023 5:34:48 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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I won’t criticize them for this. How many books did Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck put out that they didn’t write?


20 posted on 01/23/2023 5:50:21 PM PST by TakebackGOP
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