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May 18, 2009

Far More Idiotic than Plagiaristic

Today it's all over the blogs. NY Times blathermonger Maureen Dowd grabbed a blogger's words and used them for her own. Oops!

Here is the AP's story

But the real story is not the possible plagiarism, it's the cockeyed defense she gives...

She claims she never read Marshall's post last week and had heard the line from a friend who did not mention reading it in Marshall's blog.

Heard the line from a friend? And she reprints it and attributes the line to herself? No attribution to the friend? If you believe her defense, I have to add, this is better how?

Well, it clearly points out the obvious, Mo is a gossip columnist. Move over Rona Barrett.

Posted by: Teresa in Idiocies at 12:49 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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She needs a good man. But since this isn't possible for her she can get together with that School Board member and Democrat Party leader in Bedford, Ohio. He's probably available.

Posted by: Cappy at May 18, 2009 08:08 PM (tkcPz)

2 C'mon. Don't you know we bloggers are inconsequential and have nothing valid to add to the world of journalism. Really. I've heard plenty of them say this.

Posted by: Da Goddess at May 18, 2009 08:34 PM (l7+Wy)

3 Cappy - LOL - you think there's a real man out there that would have her???

Joanie - yep, we're only bloggers until we become liberal bloggers... then we're important. Heh.

Posted by: Teresa at May 18, 2009 10:57 PM (ybEr8)

4 Funnier to me is the fact that the line is question is about 50 words long. We're supposed to believe that she heard it once, memorized it, and wrote it down later?

Posted by: Harvey at May 19, 2009 08:15 PM (QExRX)

5 I can honestly say I've never read a MO column. Nor will I.

I'm sure she reads me, though.

Posted by: dogette at May 22, 2009 11:41 AM (9NeFc)

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