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To: driftdiver

I looked at the NY Post article, and at the Talking Points Memo site that has all the comparisons. I wouldn't call it plagiarism, but I don't think she'd win a libel suit, either. Some looks like what a journalism teacher called "lifting" quotes - using quotes from someone else's article as if you got those quotes yourself. It's considered sleazy in journalism circles.

Barrie, of iParadigms (that developed the plagiarism software), said the ones he pointed out were not footnoted.


22 posted on 07/08/2006 8:39:23 AM PDT by retMD
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To: retMD

Wow, considered *sleazy* in journalism?
In the CURRENT MSM?
Is that possible?


25 posted on 07/08/2006 8:44:46 AM PDT by carmenbmw (My cats name is Mean. He earned it.)
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To: retMD

"I wouldn't call it plagiarism, but I don't think she'd win a libel suit, either. "

Depends on if they are included in her 19 pages of credits.

"It's considered sleazy in journalism circles. "

It must be the only thing considered sleazy. How many times have we seen different news articles published by different companies that are a compilation of information from other stories. Seems like every other breaking news story in the MSM has pieces from other articles.


49 posted on 07/08/2006 10:41:00 AM PDT by driftdiver
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