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Rumors of My Death Have Been Greatly Made Up Out of Whole Cloth

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Erick at selfparody.org: “And now those opposed to Ben have googled prior writings that on the surface appear suspicious, but only because permissions obtained and judgments made offline were not reflected online by an out dated and out of business campus newspaper. But that’s all the opponents want – just enough to sabotage a career, though in the process they will sabotage themselves. Facts have no meaning. Only impressions have any bearing on this. The charges of plagarism are false, meant to bring down a good and honest man. The presented facts to prove plagarism are specious — products of shoddy work. One could easily think the producers of 60 Minutes II were behind them.” (This really is a remarkable paragraph, which gets funnier with repeated readings. Yes, what an unusual technique–proving plagiarism by pointing out that what appeared under someone’s byline first appeared elsewhere! There’s somebody whose opinion about what constitutes “shoddy journalism” I’ll take seriously…)

William & Mary’s The Flat Hat: “Late Thursday evening, several widely-read internet weblogs reported that a former College student plagiarized at least two articles while he worked as a writer for The Flat Hat. According to the websites Daily Kos and Atrios, phrases and full sentances of these articles were similar, and in some cases identical, to those of other authors. Ben Domenech, a student who enrolled in the College in 1999, is currently a blogger with Washingtonpost.com. While Domenech deserves the benefit of the doubt until all of the facts are known, if true, his actions would be deeply offensive to us as journalists and as students…The College’s honor code, the oldest in the country, is one of our most cherished traditions. It ensures our community of trust, allowing us to enjoy un-proctored exams and the ability to leave our personal belongings without fear of theft.”

The paper has gone out of business in the last few hours? Wow–you’d think they’d at least finish out the semester…

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