Plagiarism sucks
A Parrotline exclusive:
2006’s Own Jeff Gannon
We’re gonna miss you, Ben. Your time with the Washington Post will be even shorter than Jeff Gannon’s stint as a White House correspondent. And let’s face it: That’s really sad.
The basic sense I’m getting is the guy couldn’t write for shit, which is evident if you read his non-plagiarized opinion columns for his student newspaper. So, to puff up his cred he stole stuff. Presumably being lazy had something to do with it.
(By the way, we all seem to be forgetting this. (Bottom of the post.) I try to forget mainly because I’m not the one who came up with it in the first place. I’m petulant like that.)
Update: From comments at a familiar-sounding Thers post comes this hilarity (apropos of this):
We. Must. Ridicule.
What shall we do when right-wing bloggers make crazy-ass posts that will certainly rank in their top 10 “God I Wish That Wasn’t Cached” lists? Do we say nothing? Do we stand around with our hands in our pockets? Do we just let them dig a deeper and deeper hole from which not even light can escape?
I say we do something. We recognize that what they do for us and what they do for the liberal cause is 10 times greater than what we could ever do for ourselves. The asses they make of themselves are like societal-shifting, Santorum-esqe, dog-love communes compared to our “one man, one finger, one jar of peanut butter, one dog” Jeff Goldstein-esqe brand of canine lust.
No. We must stand behind our friends, no matter how awkward and confused they may feel about it. And We. Must. Reach. Around.
We owe them all so much.
Update 2:
Domenech was Malkin’s editor for Unhinged. Fascinating.
Malkin:
It is one thing to paraphrase basic facts from a wire story.
Paraphrasing basic facts is one thing. Changing adjectives and calling it new is definitely another.
Update 3: Well, that was fun while it lasted.
