we got a thang, goin' on.... "
Somehow with all the other news of the world, Spitzer, McGreevey, McCain in Iraq, Cheney in Iraq, Bear Stearns in the toilet....I somehow missed the news about another faux memoirist, Margaret B. Jones.
"Me...ah, me...ah, Me and Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones....
we got a thang, goin' on...."
Showing posts with label plagiarism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plagiarism. Show all posts
Monday, March 17, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
27 for 38...Ty Cobb Would Be Jealous
So rabid plagiarist Tim Goeglein sampled other folks sweat for 27 of his 38 published columns. That's a .711 batting average for you kids scoring at home.
The column that got him caught was a decade old, apparently, but many of his other columns were freshly pilfered from 2006 and 2007 materials.
Some commenters to Nancy Nall's blog have had the nerve to tell her she should have given Goeglein a headsup first, or perhaps the White House itself, to spare this man the humiliation and perhaps his job.
You can't cut Goeglein any slack. This guy was being lazy AND stupid.
And give the White House a headsup? What!?!?! THIS White House? The home of more Constitution-shredding, obfuscating, stonewalling behavior than the Nixon and Reagan and Bush 41 White Houses COMBINED?
This White House and this Administration got exactly what they deserve: more sullying of their dreadful reputation. Bush 43 will be forever renowned for incompetence, greed, failure, and mismanagement.
The column that got him caught was a decade old, apparently, but many of his other columns were freshly pilfered from 2006 and 2007 materials.
Some commenters to Nancy Nall's blog have had the nerve to tell her she should have given Goeglein a headsup first, or perhaps the White House itself, to spare this man the humiliation and perhaps his job.
You can't cut Goeglein any slack. This guy was being lazy AND stupid.
And give the White House a headsup? What!?!?! THIS White House? The home of more Constitution-shredding, obfuscating, stonewalling behavior than the Nixon and Reagan and Bush 41 White Houses COMBINED?
This White House and this Administration got exactly what they deserve: more sullying of their dreadful reputation. Bush 43 will be forever renowned for incompetence, greed, failure, and mismanagement.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Memoir Was Fake...But Was It Also Plagiarized?
From Melissa Trujillo, AP writer.
"Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true. She didn't live with a pack of wolves to escape the Nazis. She didn't trek 1,900 miles across Europe in search of her deported parents, nor kill a German soldier in self-defense. She's not even Jewish."
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Her book, "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years," was a bestseller. The French made it into a movie, but that is understandable given their inexplicable love for Jerry Lewis.
Seeing how plagiarism is a hot topic lately, I thought it would be funny if we find out later that she and her ghost writer had also plagiarized the story, misappropriating portions of "Amish: A Memoir of the Pennsylvania Years." This was a tale about a young Pennsylvania Amish woman whose parents were kidnapped and murdered by redneck hunters from the Allegheny Mountains. The young woman then fled 1,500 miles across America by foot, killed a Michigan lumberjack who accosted her with her bare hands, but made it to Wisconsin eventually with the help of a roving band of caring woodchucks.
"Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true. She didn't live with a pack of wolves to escape the Nazis. She didn't trek 1,900 miles across Europe in search of her deported parents, nor kill a German soldier in self-defense. She's not even Jewish."
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Her book, "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years," was a bestseller. The French made it into a movie, but that is understandable given their inexplicable love for Jerry Lewis.
Seeing how plagiarism is a hot topic lately, I thought it would be funny if we find out later that she and her ghost writer had also plagiarized the story, misappropriating portions of "Amish: A Memoir of the Pennsylvania Years." This was a tale about a young Pennsylvania Amish woman whose parents were kidnapped and murdered by redneck hunters from the Allegheny Mountains. The young woman then fled 1,500 miles across America by foot, killed a Michigan lumberjack who accosted her with her bare hands, but made it to Wisconsin eventually with the help of a roving band of caring woodchucks.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Who Would Jesus Plagiarize?
From the WH Press Secretary:
"Tim Goeglein has loyally served President Bush for over seven years and worked tirelessly on his behalf to promote the President's policies. Among his contributions, Tim helped establish the President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative, and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. He also played an important role in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Alito.
Today, Tim accepted responsibility for the columns published under his name in his local newspaper, and has apologized for not upholding the standards expected by the President. The President was disappointed to learn of the matter, and he was saddened for Tim and his family. He has long appreciated Tim's service, and he knows him to be a good person who is committed to his country. President Bush accepted Tim's resignation today. "
Ah, yes. Faith-Based Initiatives and the bald-faced lying and thievery of other folk's intellectual property. They go together like Domenech and the Washington Post, like DKGoodwin and Russert, like Barnicle and Imus.
The fellow who wrote the book Goeglein stole from...that's a little bit understandable. I haven't checked it but it probably didn't sell many copies.
But plagiarizing music columns from Jonathan Yardley of the WaPo?!?!?! What...the LA Times doesn't have any Cole Porter fans? [tip of the hat to The Kenosha Kid, via Eschaton]
Hey, buddy...some of us read the paper every day. We're not all Bloombergs. You were bound to get caught.
I'm gonna make a t-shirt: Who Would Jesus Plagiarize?
"Tim Goeglein has loyally served President Bush for over seven years and worked tirelessly on his behalf to promote the President's policies. Among his contributions, Tim helped establish the President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative, and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. He also played an important role in the confirmation of Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Alito.
Today, Tim accepted responsibility for the columns published under his name in his local newspaper, and has apologized for not upholding the standards expected by the President. The President was disappointed to learn of the matter, and he was saddened for Tim and his family. He has long appreciated Tim's service, and he knows him to be a good person who is committed to his country. President Bush accepted Tim's resignation today. "
Ah, yes. Faith-Based Initiatives and the bald-faced lying and thievery of other folk's intellectual property. They go together like Domenech and the Washington Post, like DKGoodwin and Russert, like Barnicle and Imus.
The fellow who wrote the book Goeglein stole from...that's a little bit understandable. I haven't checked it but it probably didn't sell many copies.
But plagiarizing music columns from Jonathan Yardley of the WaPo?!?!?! What...the LA Times doesn't have any Cole Porter fans? [tip of the hat to The Kenosha Kid, via Eschaton]
Hey, buddy...some of us read the paper every day. We're not all Bloombergs. You were bound to get caught.
I'm gonna make a t-shirt: Who Would Jesus Plagiarize?
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