Posted on 04/27/2005 11:05:25 AM PDT by finnman69
Bolton Accuser a Serial Plagiarizer
Yesterday we noted a post at Daily Kos from John Bolton accuser Melody Townsel, in which she admitted committing plagiarism while working at the Abilene Christian University student newspaper, the Optimist.
The ACU Optimist has a report on this today, with the revelation that Townsel was also involved in another plagiarism incident at the University of Texas at Arlington: Former student acknowledges past plagiarism.
Townsel left ACU soon after being removed from the Optimist to continue her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she worked for the student newspaper, the Shorthorn. Marler said he received a call from UT-Arlington several months after Townsel left ACU regarding another situation of plagiarism with Townsel.
John Dycus, former adviser of the Shorthorn, recalled the event.
"I remember Melody as being very bright," said Dycus, adviser of the UT-Arlington Shorthorn when Townsel worked for the paper. "I remember thinking she didn't have to do this. She was bright enough; her mechanics were good enough; her research skills were good enough. This wasn't necessary."
UPDATE at 4/27/05 8:58:11 am:
In the post at Daily Kos, Melody Townsel wrote:
Months later, while working for another college newspaper, I wrote a review for a local play that tracked closely in format to another writer's review - and, although it was not plagiarized, it made my editors, who had become aware of my recent past, very uncomfortable, and we mutually agreed that I would no longer submit stories to them.
But that isn't how the paper's former editor in chief remembers it: Ex-editor key to Bolton debate. (Hat tip: Ward Cleaver.)
Theo Carracino, who had been editor in chief of the paper that previous semester, said he had read several news stories in other publications on the issue, and when he read a few of the first paragraphs of Townsel's story, many of the paragraphs seemed familiar to him.
"I knew I'd read them and read them recently'" Carracino said.
With his interest piqued, Carracino said he researched back issues of Time and Newsweek magazines, which had run stories regarding the famine.
He compared Townsel's story to an article titled "An African Nightmare" published in Newsweek on Nov. 26, 1984, and found many similarities.
About 80 percent of Townsel's story was plagiarized, Carracino said.
"I had to overcome my disbelief" he said.
The realization that The Shorthorn had a case of plagiarism to deal with quickly became apparent, he said.
"This was major plagiarism" he said. "Not the case of copying some sentences."
"It's the seriousness of the charge, not the nature of the evidence". All the Democrats need is the MSM making allegations, ripping someone to shreds, destroying their lives, and they don't even have to have any concrete evidence to support their allegations.
How about ... "Why I can't believe this is even being published!" ... and ... "That Ward Cleaver needs to be sent to Devils Island." ... and ... "That John Bloton must be stopped!"
Big Story With John Gibson, on April 26th, 2005. "The Judge" Andrew Napolitano was guest hosting.
Which also explains why she's such a favorite of Biden's.
Congress should hold hearings on this wom...oops, they already are. Never mind.
Yep.
Rush just said what we all are thinking. He just said relating to Melody Townsel "well somebody's gotta say it, No wonder Joe Biden likes this woman so much". I love it,he read all our minds and we read his.
"Yea .. But was the DU ever on Howard Dean's payroll like Dkos was??"
Dang! I'm so...like...out of the loop! I learn something new every day on FR.
Thanks. Of course, it didn't make the press, or at least I can't find it in print.
imagine that....I never would have guessed ya know?
I know. The most recent example of the MSM in the act of destroying someone's life without concrete evidence: Dan Rather and the forged document drama last September.
I quit checking out DU long ago. There is absolutely nothing of value there; no logic, no reasoning, no nothing. The site appears to be overrun with semi-literate, low I.Q. wackos who never made it past third grade spelling. Many contributors, however, DO appear to have a strong command of every curse word known to man.
Good one.
So...she and Plugs Biden have something in common.
Random question. Where did you pull this cartoon. I love this person. They drew the Janet Jackson nuclear breast cartoon (if you remember that one). I have been looking for it for an age. It used to be my screen saver. Hysterical. This ones a classic too.
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... Howard Dean's presidential campaign has admitted that it paid two ...
who publishes the popular DailyKos, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. ...
Giving 'em the Randy Moss?
I'm with you. I was excited to learn about DU's existence; I assumed that it would be a home for logical analysis under liberal dogma. Instead, I found the flaming, acrimony, cynicism and hate-America-firstness disturbing. What I found most disgusting was the lack of connection among the postings.
There are no threads of hundreds of posts, correcting, challenging and modifying what was said above. Instead, there's vituperative name-calling. It's all very atomistic, almost as if everyone who posts there believes that he is the center of the universe (imagine that).
Since graduating, she opened the Kinkos in Abilene where the Bush National Guard memos were faxed to See BS for dan blaTHer to use in his hit 60 minutes of BS last September.
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