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Plagiarism
blog-stained wretches
July 26, 2014
BuzzFeed Fires Serial Plagiarist Benny Johnson lifted material from other websites at least 40 times.
By Caroline Bankoff
blog-stained wretches
July 25, 2014
BuzzFeed Has Itself a Serial Plagiarist Viral politics editor Benny Johnson, from sources like Yahoo! Answers, Wikipedia, and About.com.
By Joe Coscarelli
early and awkward
July 25, 2014
By Katie Zavadski
‘THR’ Explains Why Jokes Aren’t Always Covered by the Copyright Act THR ran an interesting guest column over the weekend called “Why It’s So Hard to Get the Law to Protect a Good Joke” that explores intellectual […]
By Megh Wright
CNN Fires Serial Plagiarist A news editor was caught copying in at least 50 stories.
By Joe Coscarelli
Jerry Seinfeld Accuses ‘The Lego Movie’ of Plagiarizing Him On Twitter yesterday morning, Jerry Seinfeld accused the folks behind The Lego Movie of stealing his material: “I think Lego Movie stole my […]
By Bradford Evans
Did E! Rip Off ‘Nikki and Sara Live’? Earlier today, Nikki Glaser sent a sad tweet out to her followers: “So, @ENews blatantly stole a bit from my old MTV show. It feels really […]
By Megh Wright
Two Writers File a Plagiarism Lawsuit Against ‘New Girl’ Creators, Call […] Well this doesn’t look good. Two writers have filed a lawsuit in California federal court against the team behind Fox’s hit show New Girl, […]
By Megh Wright
you can stuff your sorries in a sack
Dec. 30, 2013
By Jesse David Fox
shia labeouf you can do better
Dec. 17, 2013
Shia LaBeouf Apologizes for Ripping Off Daniel Clowes He says he was simply “moved by his piece of work.” Update: He plagiarized the apology.
By Halle Kiefer
early and awkward
Nov. 8, 2013
By Adam Martin
ink-stained wretches
Nov. 6, 2013
By Adam Martin
early and awkward
Nov. 5, 2013
By Adam Martin
early and awkward
Nov. 5, 2013
Fine, Rand Paul Will Stop Plagiarizing, Ugh “If it will make people leave me the hell alone.”
By Joe Coscarelli
early and awkward
Nov. 4, 2013
By Adam Martin
early and awkward
Nov. 1, 2013
Rand Paul Stops Plagiarizing, Remains Confused Complaints about using other’s words are just more “liberal media angst.”
By Margaret Hartmann
early and awkward
Oct. 29, 2013
By Adam Martin
fancy book learnin’
Mar. 19, 2013
Jane Goodall: So Like Us (People Who Steal From Wikipedia) She seems to have borrowed some passages for her new book.
By Dan Amira
scandal-stained wretches
Mar. 8, 2013
By Joe Coscarelli
blog-stained wretches
Mar. 7, 2013
By Joe Coscarelli
the most important people in the world
Feb. 21, 2013
Shia LaBeouf Stole Esquire ’s ‘How to Be a Man’ “A man who’s been plagiarized must be graceful and grateful.”
By Joe Coscarelli
Neil Patrick Harris Announces New Memoir, Jokes about Plagiarism “I’m excited to be writing a book of the observations and stories of my life. I read with great fondness Tina Fey’s Bossypants, so my plan is […]
By Bradford Evans
ink-stained wretches
Sept. 25, 2012
Jonah Lehrer Already Stretching the Truth Again He’s ready to talk, but already spreading inaccuracies.
By Joe Coscarelli
early and awkward
Sept. 10, 2012
By Joe Coscarelli
scandal-stained wretches
Sept. 4, 2012
Jonah Lehrer’s Plagiarism Scandal: But Wait, There’s More! A review of his blog posts for ‘Wired’ turned up enough misdeeds to lose him another job.
By Joe Coscarelli
school daze
Aug. 30, 2012
By Joe Coscarelli
ink-stained wretches
Aug. 20, 2012
Fareed Zakaria Plagiarized Because He Is Old-Fashioned and a New Breed The brand-name journalist completes his repentance cycle with an apology and explanation.
By Joe Coscarelli
ink-stained wretches
Aug. 16, 2012
Fareed Zakaria’s Time Column Will Be Back in September Last week’s mini-plagiarism scandal reaches its conclusion.
By Caroline Bankoff
scandal-stained wretches
Aug. 15, 2012
By Adam K. Raymond
ink-stained wretches
Aug. 10, 2012
By Dan Amira
scandal-stained wretches
Aug. 3, 2012
By Joe Coscarelli
ink-stained wretches
July 17, 2012
Jonah Lehrer Has Been Very, Very Quiet The ‘New Yorker’ staffer hasn’t written for more than a month since his self-plagiarism scandal.
By Joe Coscarelli
the internet
July 13, 2012
By Joe Coscarelli
the intern files
July 10, 2012
By Joe Coscarelli
ink-stained wretches
June 20, 2012
Jonah Lehrer’s Self-Plagiarism Issues Are Snowballing [Updated] The ‘New Yorker’ staffer’s recycling has also called attention to attribution errors.
By Joe Coscarelli
ink-stained wretches
June 19, 2012
By Joe Coscarelli
Rob Delaney Has What Should Be the Final Word on Joke Plagiarism From Rob Delaney’s Vice column comes this gem, which anyone who ever plans to publicly accuse someone of joke theft should read five times […]
By Adam Frucci
Let’s All Agree to Never Make Videos In Which People Say the Same Thing […]
Oh good, here’s another case of comedians accusing someone of stealing their simple, uncomplicated idea that has probably been done dozens of […]
By Adam Frucci
norwegian nightmare
July 25, 2011
By Dan Amira
Cleveland Comedy Troupe Accuses Conan of Ripping Off a Bit He Didn’t Write
Comedy plagiarism accusations! They’re always so much fun and never make the accuser look like a petty, self-aggrandizing jackass. The latest […]
By Adam Frucci
chess scandal
July 2, 2011
Scandal in the World of Computer Chess A champion is accused of stealing his mojo.
By Andre Tartar
Bill Maher Accuses The Onion of Stealing a Joke They Did Six Months Before […] .bbpBox63689711780237312 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/181047096/Twitter_3.jpg) #1A1B1F;padding:20px;} […]
By Adam Frucci
internet-stained wretches
Nov. 16, 2010
By Nitasha Tiku
internet-stained wretches
Nov. 5, 2010
By Nitasha Tiku
ink-stained wretches
Nov. 4, 2010
By Nitasha Tiku
Is There Ever a Justification for Joke Stealing? No other comedian is currently more despised by the comedy community than Carlos Mencia. The performer has faced a number of criticisms over […]
By Erik Voss
creative non-fiction
Sept. 9, 2010
By Nitasha Tiku
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