Monica Crowley plagiarized multiple sources in 2012 book

[kpete]

Conservative author and television personality Monica Crowley, whom Donald Trump has tapped for a top national security communications role, plagiarized large sections of her 2012 book, a CNN KFile review has found.

The review of Crowley’s June 2012 book, "What The (Bleep) Just Happened," found upwards of 50 examples of plagiarism from numerous sources, including the copying with minor changes of news articles, other columnists, think tanks, and Wikipedia. The New York Times bestseller, published by the HarperCollins imprint Broadside Books, contains no notes or bibliography.

Crowley did not return a request for comment. Multiple requests for comment by phone and email over the past two days to HarperCollins went unreturned.

Crowley, a syndicated radio host, columnist, and, until recently, a Fox News contributor, will serve as Trump’s senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council.



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[WhiteTara]

1. Well, he picked the perfect person

a liar and thief.

[bigtree]

2. the examples provided in the article are devastating

...k&r.

[Cha]

7. At least Melania Trump had the decency to plagiarize Michelle Obama, rather than Investopedia and

Lisa Bloom
✔ ‎@LisaBloom
At least Melania Trump had the decency to plagiarize Michelle Obama, rather than Investopedia and a podiatrist. http://ow.ly/3nNa307MNpd

https://twitter.com/LisaBloom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

"Sections of her book are repeatedly lifted from articles by National Review author Andrew C. McCarthy, who is a friend of Crowley’s. Lines in her book also match word-for-word the work of other columnists, including National Review’s Rich Lowry, Michelle Malkin, conservative economist Stephen Moore, Karl Rove, and Ramesh Ponnuru of Bloomberg View."

One wonders what she was thinking?.. And, shockingly with no attribution.

She'll probably get away with it now since the gop doesn't care and the M$M won't plaster it 24/7 like say if it were Hillary.

[lady lib]

3. And it's not like she doesn't know better.

She's very well educated with a master's degree and doctorate from Columbia University.

[brush]

4. He'll probably keep her on. Wonder if she's the msyterious Meredith McIver, the plagarizer of ...

of Michelle Obama's speech for Melania trump.

[MineralMan]

5. Plagiarists are cheaters, pure and simple.

They steal from others and pretend that what they steal belongs to them. They are the lowest class of people I can imagine.

As a career professional writer, I have had stuff I wrote stolen and re-used by others, who pretended it was their own work. When that has occurred, I've acted. Always, the material had been published by someone I worked for as a freelancer. The magazines owned part of the copyright in my work, typically first serial publication rights. They don't like it, either, so they sic their attorneys on the plagiarist. I got a few small checks from my plagiarists. It once wasn't easy to even know your writing had been "borrowed," prior to the Internet. Now, it's easy, since everything is searchable by Google.

When I get paid to write, my work is my living. Anyone who steals it is robbing me. So, for a known plagiarist to be appointed to a high government position is beyond insulting. A person who plagiarizes has zero ethics or values. It's dishonest from the get-go. While plagiarism isn't really a crime, it is an insult to the original creator of the material and a stain on the reputation of the thief.

This should disqualify Monica Crowley from any federal appointment. Trump should withdraw her name from consideration. If he does not, she should not be confirmed, if the job is subject to confirmation by the Senate.

I hate plagiarists with a white hot rage.

[progressoid]

6. So she'll fit right in!

[Cha]

8. Yep... please see Lisa Bloom's tweet up thread..

Thanks for that, progressoid

[UTUSN]

9. Has Mike BARNICLE, beloved by GEnbc/Morning Scabs, heard about job opportunities?!1 n/t