Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Rand Paul plagiarism: Buzzfeed catches GOP senator ripping of The Week column in Washington Times op-ed.

Rand Paul plagiarism: Buzzfeed catches GOP senator ripping of The Week column in Washington Times op-ed.By 

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11/05/rand_paul_plaigerism_buzzfeed_catches_gop_senator_ripping_of_the_week_column.html

 "Another day, another example of Rand Paul playing fast and loose with the rules of attribution. After some digging, BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski found that sections of a Washington Times op-ed that the Kentucky Republican penned in September appear "nearly identical" to those found in an essay written by Dan Stewart of The Week that ran only days before. One of several examples of the almost word-for-word cribbing, as flagged by Kacynski (who may want to think about practicing his dueling just to be safe)." Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/11/05/rand_paul_plaigerism_buzzfeed_catches_gop_senator_ripping_of_the_week_column.html

'via Blog this'

*****

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.