Comments on: The Maureen Dowd plagiarism flap http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/05/18/the-maureen-dowd-plagiarism-flap/ Mistakes Happen Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Schulz http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/05/18/the-maureen-dowd-plagiarism-flap/comment-page-1/#comment-23079 Scott Schulz Tue, 19 May 2009 21:10:02 +0000 http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=8188#comment-23079 LanguageLog has an article up on this case at <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1440" rel="nofollow">http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1440</a> noting how improbable it is to transcribe a 43-word sentence verbatim via an intermediary. The comments on that thread include, "kip: So, by Dowd's own account, she was plagiarizing her friend and not Marshall. Great explanation!<br><br>Yes — this is right up there with "I paid that guy for an original term paper, and now you tell me that he copied it off the web? Damn." - Mark Lieberman. LanguageLog has an article up on this case at http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1440 noting how improbable it is to transcribe a 43-word sentence verbatim via an intermediary. The comments on that thread include, “kip: So, by Dowd's own account, she was plagiarizing her friend and not Marshall. Great explanation!

Yes — this is right up there with “I paid that guy for an original term paper, and now you tell me that he copied it off the web? Damn.” – Mark Lieberman.

]]> By: jeff gregerson http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/05/18/the-maureen-dowd-plagiarism-flap/comment-page-1/#comment-23078 jeff gregerson Tue, 19 May 2009 20:43:58 +0000 http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=8188#comment-23078 Since when is it a surprise that Maureen Dowd parrots all the talking points <br>of the left? You could superimpose Olbermann's picture (or anyone else) onif hers or slip his comments into her columns and they would be equivalents. It is comical the way apologists for the left come out with "unique thoughts" that use virtually the same language. It happens frequently. This is not news. When the conductor brings down his baton, the whole orchestra comes in on cue, appropriately indignant, or self righteous or defensive. Whatever the script calls for that week is echoed across the nation, starting in Washington. Why do you think they are called "talking points"? Since when is it a surprise that Maureen Dowd parrots all the talking points
of the left? You could superimpose Olbermann's picture (or anyone else) onif hers or slip his comments into her columns and they would be equivalents. It is comical the way apologists for the left come out with “unique thoughts” that use virtually the same language. It happens frequently. This is not news. When the conductor brings down his baton, the whole orchestra comes in on cue, appropriately indignant, or self righteous or defensive. Whatever the script calls for that week is echoed across the nation, starting in Washington. Why do you think they are called “talking points”?

]]> By: Scott Schulz http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/05/18/the-maureen-dowd-plagiarism-flap/comment-page-1/#comment-22465 Scott Schulz Tue, 19 May 2009 14:10:02 +0000 http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=8188#comment-22465 LanguageLog has an article up on this case at <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1440" rel="nofollow">http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1440</a> noting how improbable it is to transcribe a 43-word sentence verbatim via an intermediary. The comments on that thread include, "kip: So, by Dowd's own account, she was plagiarizing her friend and not Marshall. Great explanation!<br><br>Yes — this is right up there with "I paid that guy for an original term paper, and now you tell me that he copied it off the web? Damn." - Mark Lieberman. LanguageLog has an article up on this case at http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1440 noting how improbable it is to transcribe a 43-word sentence verbatim via an intermediary. The comments on that thread include, “kip: So, by Dowd's own account, she was plagiarizing her friend and not Marshall. Great explanation!

Yes — this is right up there with “I paid that guy for an original term paper, and now you tell me that he copied it off the web? Damn.” – Mark Lieberman.

]]> By: jeff gregerson http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/05/18/the-maureen-dowd-plagiarism-flap/comment-page-1/#comment-22464 jeff gregerson Tue, 19 May 2009 13:43:58 +0000 http://www.regrettheerror.com/?p=8188#comment-22464 Since when is it a surprise that Maureen Dowd parrots all the talking points <br>of the left? You could superimpose Olbermann's picture (or anyone else) onif hers or slip his comments into her columns and they would be equivalents. It is comical the way apologists for the left come out with "unique thoughts" that use virtually the same language. It happens frequently. This is not news. When the conductor brings down his baton, the whole orchestra comes in on cue, appropriately indignant, or self righteous or defensive. Whatever the script calls for that week is echoed across the nation, starting in Washington. Why do you think they are called "talking points"? Since when is it a surprise that Maureen Dowd parrots all the talking points
of the left? You could superimpose Olbermann's picture (or anyone else) onif hers or slip his comments into her columns and they would be equivalents. It is comical the way apologists for the left come out with “unique thoughts” that use virtually the same language. It happens frequently. This is not news. When the conductor brings down his baton, the whole orchestra comes in on cue, appropriately indignant, or self righteous or defensive. Whatever the script calls for that week is echoed across the nation, starting in Washington. Why do you think they are called “talking points”?

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