The New York Post reports that the developer of a plagiarism-detection program has found multiple instances of copy-catting by Ann Coulter.
John Barrie, the creator of a leading plagiarism-recognition system, claimed he found at least three instances of what he calls "textbook plagiarism" in the leggy blond pundit's "Godless: the Church of Liberalism" after he ran the book's text through the company's digital iThenticate program.
He also says he discovered verbatim lifts in Coulter's weekly column....
Is this important? Not at all, unless you take Coulter seriously. And perhaps there's an innocent explanation. But as with her vote-fraud problem, it's good to see the karma system working properly.
Update: The company that syndicates Coulter's column has asked for details of the plagiarism accusations. This could either confirm or debunk the charges.
Update II: Here's a video of Barrie's appearance on MSNBC, which includes examples of the text he says was plagiarized.
plagiarism, Coulter, politics, midtopia
2 comments:
Yes, douche bag, educated people DO take her quite seriously.
That would, I presume, be those "educated people" who use terms like "douche bag" in the course of discussion....
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