John McCain accused of plagiarising Wikipedia for speeches (Telegraph.co.uk)

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By Alex Spillius in Washington
Last Updated: 9:07PM BST 18 Aug 2008


Senator John McCain's integrity has been called into question after speeches he made on the campaign trail appeared to contain plagiarised material including some from Wikipedia.

The veracity of a story often told by the Republican presidential candidate about a communist North Vietnamese prison guard drawing a cross in the sand was queried after he repeated the story during a widely televised forum on faith over the weekend.

It prompted claims by bloggers that he had not only changed the story over the years, but had allegedly made it up or plagiarized a similar story told by the late Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Meanwhile the originality of a speech he made about Georgia has also been placed in doubt after it was found to bear strong similarities to the country's entry on Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia compiled by the public. -snip-

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[Muttocracy]

1. K&R

[arthritisR_US]

2. K & R!

[bobd0]

3. K&R - Cindy and John both plagiarize

She does recipes, he does everything else.

[doublethink]

4. Good one. n,.t.

[Duncan]

5. I guess he does know how to use the intertubes after all!

But it was probably "tech savy" researcher on his staff that provided the info.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. the story has legs (across the atlantic anyhow!)

K & R!:kick:

[Celebration]

7. He steals stories AND songs (Jackson Browne) n/t

[doublethink]

9. Another good one. n.t.

[Alexander]

8. K&R.

[Overseas]

10. Serial plagiarizer ! Wikipedia-gate, Le Monde "we are all...", Solzhenitsyn

And the 2nd wife's two recipes.
And they've grabbed songs and celebrity images without permission.

PIRATES !!