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New York Times plagiarism consultant Jonathan Bailey released his "full
analysis" of the allegations against Vice President Kamala Harris and
found them "more serious" than he initially believed.
"At the time, I was unaware of a full dossier with additional allegations,
which led some to accuse the New York Times of withholding that
information from me. However, the article clearly stated that it was my
initial reaction to those allegations, not a complete analysis," Bailey
wrote on Plagiarism Today Wednesday. "Today, I reviewed the complete
dossier prepared by Dr. Stefan Weber, whom I have covered before. I also
performed a peer review of one of his papers in 2018."
"With this new information, while I believe the case is more serious than
I commented to the New York Times, the overarching points remain. While
there are problems with this work, the pattern points to sloppy writing
habits, not a malicious intent to defraud," he added.
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"Is it problematic? Yes. But its also not the wholesale fraud that many
have claimed it to be. It sits somewhere between what the two sides want
it to be," he said.
While Bailey continued to argue the examples were more akin to sloppy work
or negligence rather than malice from Harris, he conceded some,
specifically two paragraphs copied directly from Wikipedia, were clear
examples of plagiarism.
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"To be clear, that is plagiarism. Its compounded by the fact that
Wikipedia is typically not seen as a reliable source, and, according to
Weber, there was an error in the information," Bailey wrote.
He concluded, "Ultimately, I recognize that this view will make absolutely
no one happy. I dont feel that the book is a product of wholesale
malicious plagiarism, nor do I think its free from problems. No matter
your side, this will be an unsatisfactory answer."
In a New York Times article dissecting the claims, Bailey claimed the
examples amounted "to an error and not an intent to defraud." He accused
conservative activist Chris Rufo, who reported the story, of taking minor
infractions and trying to "make a big deal of it."
However, he later revealed on X that he had only reviewed the five
examples provided to him by the New York Times and had not looked at the
full analysis.
"For those coming here from the NY Times Article. I want to be clear that
I have NOT performed a full analysis of the book. My quotes were based on
information provided to me by the reporters and spoke only about those
passages," he wrote.
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Rufo first reported Monday on so-called "plagiarism hunter," Austrian
professor Stefan Weber, finding 27 times that Harris and her co-author
allegedly committed some form of plagiarism, writing, "24 fragments are
plagiarism from other authors, [and] 3 fragments are self-plagiarism from
a work written with a co-author."
"Taken in total, there is certainly a breach of standards here. Harris and
her co-author duplicated long passages nearly verbatim without proper
citation and without quotation marks, which is the textbook definition of
plagiarism," Rufo wrote.
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analysis" of the allegations against Vice President Kamala Harris and
found them "more serious" than he initially believed.
"At the time, I was unaware of a full dossier with additional allegations,
which led some to accuse the New York Times of withholding that
information from me. However, the article clearly stated that it was my
initial reaction to those allegations, not a complete analysis," Bailey
wrote on Plagiarism Today Wednesday. "Today, I reviewed the complete
dossier prepared by Dr. Stefan Weber, whom I have covered before. I also
performed a peer review of one of his papers in 2018."
"With this new information, while I believe the case is more serious than
I commented to the New York Times, the overarching points remain. While
there are problems with this work, the pattern points to sloppy writing
habits, not a malicious intent to defraud," he added.
Kamala Harris Accused Of Plagiarizing In 2009 Book About Being 'Smart On
Crime'
"Is it problematic? Yes. But its also not the wholesale fraud that many
have claimed it to be. It sits somewhere between what the two sides want
it to be," he said.
While Bailey continued to argue the examples were more akin to sloppy work
or negligence rather than malice from Harris, he conceded some,
specifically two paragraphs copied directly from Wikipedia, were clear
examples of plagiarism.
Read On The Fox News App
"To be clear, that is plagiarism. Its compounded by the fact that
Wikipedia is typically not seen as a reliable source, and, according to
Weber, there was an error in the information," Bailey wrote.
He concluded, "Ultimately, I recognize that this view will make absolutely
no one happy. I dont feel that the book is a product of wholesale
malicious plagiarism, nor do I think its free from problems. No matter
your side, this will be an unsatisfactory answer."
In a New York Times article dissecting the claims, Bailey claimed the
examples amounted "to an error and not an intent to defraud." He accused
conservative activist Chris Rufo, who reported the story, of taking minor
infractions and trying to "make a big deal of it."
However, he later revealed on X that he had only reviewed the five
examples provided to him by the New York Times and had not looked at the
full analysis.
"For those coming here from the NY Times Article. I want to be clear that
I have NOT performed a full analysis of the book. My quotes were based on
information provided to me by the reporters and spoke only about those
passages," he wrote.
Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture
Rufo first reported Monday on so-called "plagiarism hunter," Austrian
professor Stefan Weber, finding 27 times that Harris and her co-author
allegedly committed some form of plagiarism, writing, "24 fragments are
plagiarism from other authors, [and] 3 fragments are self-plagiarism from
a work written with a co-author."
"Taken in total, there is certainly a breach of standards here. Harris and
her co-author duplicated long passages nearly verbatim without proper
citation and without quotation marks, which is the textbook definition of
plagiarism," Rufo wrote.
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