Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

BLOOMBERG PLAGIARIZED PARTS OF AT LEAST EIGHT OF HIS PLANS
The Intercept ^ | Feb 06, 2020 | Akela Lacy

Posted on 02/06/2020 9:51:30 PM PST by Ken H

MIKE BLOOMBERG’S PRESIDENTIAL campaign plagiarized portions of its plans for maternal health, LGBTQ equality, the economy, tax policy, infrastructure, and mental health from research publications, media outlets, and a number of nonprofit, educational, and policy groups.

The Intercept found that exact passages from at least eight Bloomberg plans or accompanying fact sheets were direct copies of material from media outlets including CNN, Time, and CBS, a research center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the American Medical Association, Everytown for Gun Safety, Building America’s Future Educational Fund, and other organizations. Bloomberg co-founded Everytown for Gun Safety, a political organization focused on gun control, and Building America’s Future Educational Fund, a nonprofit working on infrastructure investment and reform, and has chaired them in the past, and he was listed as a co-author on the educational fund’s reports. He is not clearly affiliated with the other sources. The plagiarized sections ranged in length from entire paragraphs to individual sentences and fragments in documents that were between five and 14 pages long.

On Wednesday afternoon, The Intercept sent a detailed query to the Bloomberg campaign. By Thursday morning, one of the plans was completely taken down, while others were changed. Asked about the plan that was removed, spokesperson Julie Wood said the campaign would notify The Intercept when it was posted again.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; minimike

1 posted on 02/06/2020 9:51:30 PM PST by Ken H
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Direct link => https://theintercept.com/2020/02/06/mike-bloomberg-campaign-plagiarization/


2 posted on 02/06/2020 9:51:40 PM PST by Ken H (Best SOTU ever!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Nobody re-invents the wheel


3 posted on 02/06/2020 10:15:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Wholesale, across-the-board plagiarism is no accident. This was a directive from upper campaign management. Very possibly from the little Bloomberg himself. Stick a fork in him. He’s toast.


4 posted on 02/06/2020 10:15:56 PM PST by NautiNurse (Rush is a national treasure.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

well if he stole ‘em from Biden then they were already stolen from someone else. Master plagerizer.


5 posted on 02/06/2020 10:28:02 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NautiNurse
Stick a fork in him. He’s toast.

He was never toast to begin with, just a narcissist spending tons of money and giving regular folks paychecks as he does. Let him spend a billion or 2 for all the good it will do him politically.

6 posted on 02/06/2020 10:35:14 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Hey, Bloomberg: If you’re going to copy someone, at least find an A student to copy from.


7 posted on 02/06/2020 10:38:39 PM PST by Rocky
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

LOL


8 posted on 02/06/2020 10:40:19 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Maybe he should have spent a little more on ideas.


9 posted on 02/06/2020 10:56:51 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll < hardly miss it and it will help.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

bttt


10 posted on 02/06/2020 11:02:19 PM PST by timestax
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Plagiarism is Joe Bidet’s specialty


11 posted on 02/06/2020 11:43:03 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Bloomberg’s a sham candidate, he’s just running to get past FEC restrictions. He’s only in to try to weaken Trump.


12 posted on 02/06/2020 11:57:44 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Nobody said Bloomberg was a genius, just that he was a good businessman.

You can be a rich blooming idiot and run for president while chewing gum at the same time.


13 posted on 02/07/2020 12:14:12 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Oshkalaboomboom
He was never toast to begin with, just a narcissist spending tons of money and giving regular folks paychecks as he does. Let him spend a billion or 2 for all the good it will do him politically.

Soon, Nancy will give Bloomberg credit for the recent good economy because of the Bloomberg stimulus, not because of Trump's policies.

14 posted on 02/07/2020 6:23:12 AM PST by Go Gordon (I gave my dog Grady a last name - Trump - because he loves tweets.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Ken H
BTTT

I've had it up to here with Bloomberg. Hat tip PDJT.


15 posted on 02/07/2020 7:11:14 AM PST by Quilla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ken H

Mr Blommberg has zero fresh ideas of his own.

If he were POTUS he’d be the Deep State’s perfect POTUS, because he is and always been just a technocrat, claiming he can run the ship better than others, but setting its course is left to the “experts” working for him. Of that he has no ideas of his own.


16 posted on 02/07/2020 10:13:24 AM PST by Wuli
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Wuli

And he is so wimpy.


17 posted on 02/07/2020 10:17:41 AM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson