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Reply #16: Political speeches are not academic papers. Collaboration does not require attribution. [View All]

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calmblueocean

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Mon Feb-18-08 03:36 PM
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16. Political speeches are not academic papers. Collaboration does not require attribution.

Political speeches are by their nature collaborative works in which the writers are understood to remain uncredited. Patrick was a collaborator who supplied language for one of Obama's speeches. This is fundamentally opposite of academic writing, in which collaboration is expected to be acknowledged.

By your standards, all politicians who use speechwriters are guilty of plagiarism.

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