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In case you haven't heard the news, erstwhile left-wing hero Chris Hedges has been exposed as a serial plagiarizer. You can read the details at the NEW REPUBLIC and/or read about it over at NEWSBUSTERS written by someone whose name I can't quite recall. So who in this world has the LEAST standing to condemn serial plagiarist Chris Hedges? How about serial fabulist WILLIAM RIVERS PITT who allowed his mind to be conveniently massaged by another serial plagiarist, JASON LEOPOLD, into reporting that Karl Rove had already been indicted on May 12, 2006. So now we have the laughable...

Far left writer and former reporter for the New York Times, Chris Hedges, has been exposed as a serial plagiarist. So what scurrilous "rightwing" source made these charges? None. The exposure of the socialist Chris Hedges appeared in the liberal New Republic. And it was not just a minor slip on the part of Hedges. According to the article Hedges blatantly plagiarized over and over again in great quantity over a number of years. In fact the depth of his plagiarism would make even Joe Biden blush. So was Hedges apologetic when confronted with his many examples of plagiarism? Not...