Posted by
Thanatos on Friday, July 07, 2006 5:24:47 PM
I absolutely do not believe this.. And I totally expected the complete opposite opinions from the Left and have held back posting about this subject till I saw this..
For the past week, since July 2, when the NY post published an article entitled "COPYCATTY COULTER PILFERS PROSE: PRO" By PHILIP RECCHIA. And today's NY Post article "COULTER ON THE CARPET: PLAGIARISM PROBE" By NILES LATHEM Post Correspondent,
Everyone on the Left has jumped on this to slam Ann Coulter.. But wait!
Some of the most far leftwing of the left actually stepped back and asked a simple question: "Wait a second, John Barrie is making all these accusations, but he does not list what she actually plagiarized, we don't know if he is just grumpy or telling the truth!".. First of all, this is a first for the Left, to actually question a fellow Liberal when they make an accusation against a Conservative..
So today, on July 7th, I see on The Daily Kos and article that says "Ann Coulter plagiarism charges overblown" written by the kos himself, that's enough to make one stop and check the temperature. And it's true, the Left do not think that Ann Coulter Plagiarized anything, but is instead questioning the motives of the accuser John Barrie" and think he is basically grandstanding and playing to the "base". I'm serious! Here are some Plagiarized quotes from Koskids:
KOS: "TPM Muckracker has an itemized list of Ann Coulter's supposed plagiarism, and sorry to say, there's not much there.
Coulter is a lot of things, but it doesn't look like plagiarism is one of them.
"
Some random quotes from various koskids:
"My impression as well and I loathe the woman. But two different authors using the same quote is not plagiarism"
"Oh Well, Looks like she goes back to just being a disgraceful human being and a lousy writer."
You judge for yourself about the accusation, and I totally understand why Ann has not replied to any of this.. But I swear the earth just flipped upside down..
UPDATE: Looks like Ann Coulter's Publisher also has cleared her of Plagiarism: From Newsmax
Publisher: Ann Coulter No Plagiarist
The latest media attack on Ann Coulter seems to be a desperate measure to undermine the credibility of one of America’s most prominent conservative voices.
Soon after her book "Godless: The Church of Liberalism” was released in June, Coulter made waves – Hillary accused her of being "heartless” and "vicious” -- for questioning the motives of four 9/11 widows.
With Coulter’s book topping the New York Times’ bestseller list, new allegations are surfacing that Coulter plagiarized material for her book and syndicated news columns.
But the publisher of Coulter’s book, Random House’s Crown imprint, has reviewed the plagiarism allegations and has found them to be baseless.
"We have reviewed the allegations of plagiarism surrounding ‘Godless’ and found them to be as trivial and meritless as they are irresponsible," said Steve Ross, Senior Vice President and Publisher of Crown Publishing Group.
Ross continued: "Any author is entitled to do what Ann Coulter has done in the three snippets cited: research and report facts. The number of words used by our author in these snippets is so minimal that there is no requirement for attribution. As an experienced author and attorney, Ms. Coulter knows when attribution is appropriate, as underscored by the nineteen pages of hundreds of endnotes contained in ‘Godless.’”
In the weeks after "Godless” came out, leftwing blogs began making claims that Coulter had engaged in plagiarism.
Apparently prompted by these reports, the New York Post asked a California firm to review Coulter’s writings with its iThenticate software, a program the checks databases to uncover plagiarism.
The syndicator of Coulter’s newspaper column, Universal Press Syndicate, is also investigating claims of plagiarism and should have a report out this coming week. Universal Press Syndicate has been under pressure for some time from liberal journalists and publications like Editor & Publisher to drop Coutler’s column.