Comments on: Curmudgeonliness, with a twist

By: Hello, I’m Isabelle and I’m a plagiarist - The J Junkie

Hello, I’m Isabelle and I’m a plagiarist - The J Junkie — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:19:46 +0000

[...] just one paragraph too many (that’s already angered at least one blogger) in an otherwise edifying exposé, which I will link to (er, plagiarize) here again. Just [...]

By: michael

michael — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:01:22 +0000

I got it, although if one isn’t familiar with the names Rosen drops, one might be a little confused. I think he’s assuming an informed readership, a generally safe assumption for Slate. More so than for BuzzMachine, I daresay.

By: The Slate, The Bulletin and The Plagiarist - PlagiarismToday

The Slate, The Bulletin and The Plagiarist - PlagiarismToday — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:19:01 +0000

[...] likening of well-respected blogs to a plagiarist newspaper has angered many. One blogger called it curmudgeonly, another hinted that linking was the antidote to plagiarism in journalism and still another called [...]

By: Will Sommer

Will Sommer — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:43:07 +0000

Thank you! I read that article last night and was struck by how ridiculous Rosen was being. Since he considers linking plagiarism, would he rather people not link to his piece?

I was also struck by his seeming ignorance that a lot of content at the Huffpo is written for it.

By: Mike G

Mike G — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:40:41 +0000

“One of us needs to adjust our ironometer.”

You.

His point was perfectly clear to me– we’re entering a world where everybody mixmasters everybody else’s content to create new content, the clear line between a scumbag plagiariser and an original creator is being blurred. Their crime was slapping a new byline on it, not mixing it up.

By: Dave Mastio

Dave Mastio — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:31:26 +0000

I don’t buy the irony excuse. You don’t stick a publication’s name in a story about rampant and unrepentant plagiarism and then say, “oh, it was a joke” any more than you stick a real person’s name in a story about prolific and unrepentant child abusers and say, ha, kidding.

By: Hello, I’m Isabelle and I’m a plagiarist « The J junkie

Hello, I’m Isabelle and I’m a plagiarist « The J junkie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:53:03 +0000

[...] just one paragraph too many (that’s already angered at least one blogger) in an otherwise edifying exposé, which I will link to (er, plagiarize) here again. Just [...]