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Daily Beast Scribe Plagiarized 35 Other Times

Gerald Posner lifted passages frequently, analysis shows

(Newser) - Disgraced Daily Beast scribe Gerald Posner claims he ' accidentally ' and unwittingly plagiarized material for his online columns—but it now appears he also did it habitually and for his books. A new review of his work suggests Posner may have lifted as many as 35 passages for Why ...

Another Daily Beast Writer Accused of Plagiarism

Beast lashes out at Gawker, demands retraction

(Newser) - Another Daily Beast columnist has been accused of uncredited borrowing. This time, it’s senior political columnist John Avalon, who, in his new Beast-published book Wingnuts, lifts quotes from Salon columnist Alexander Zaitchik’s reporting on Glenn Beck. Hamilton Nolan of Gawker lays out all the instances here . Basically, Avalon...

Gerald Posner Cops to 'Accidental Plagiarism'

 Gerald Posner Cops 
 to 'Accidental 
 Plagiarism' 
the internet made me do it
Feb 11, 2010 9:23 AM CST

Gerald Posner Cops to 'Accidental Plagiarism'

Daily Beast reporter blames 'warp speed' of web in mea culpa

(Newser) - Gerald Posner didn’t mean to do it, but he admits he is a plagiarist and has now resigned from his reporting gig at the Daily Beast. His undoing, he writes on his blog , was the blazing pace of Internet journalism and his own naïveté. “For the Beast...

Beast Writer Booted After More Plagiarism Surfaces

Gerald Posner suspended for borrowing

(Newser) - The Daily Beast's chief investigative writer who "unintentionally" lifted lines from a Miami Herald article has apparently done the same thing on 4 previous occasions, cribbing from the Herald and Texas Lawyer. Gerald Posner is now on suspension from Tina Brown's online news operation, reports Gawker . "I now...

Tiger Put Mistress on Phone With Wife
 Tiger Put Mistress 
 on Phone With Wife 
tales from thanksgiving night
Jan 25, 2010 1:44 PM CST

Tiger Put Mistress on Phone With Wife

Elin's friends dish about that infamous night

(Newser) - Tiger Woods’ car crash on Thanksgiving started an avalanche of news stories, but what caused the crash has remained shrouded in secrecy—until now. Tiger was undone by a text message, two anonymous sources close to Elin Nordegren tell Gerald Posner of the Daily Beast . Woods had warned Nordegren that...

In Goldilocks Age, When Will Female Pols Be Just Right?
In Goldilocks Age, When Will Female Pols Be Just Right?
Meghan McCain
Nov 9, 2009 10:39 AM CST

In Goldilocks Age, When Will Female Pols Be Just Right?

Media portrayal of women politicians is unfair, says Maverick Junior

(Newser) - Women in politics are suffering from a "Goldilocks Syndrome" at the hands of a misogynist media: With Hillary Clinton deemed "too hard" for not paying attention to fashion and beauty, and Sarah Palin "too soft" for doing just that, what woman will possibly be deemed "just...

The Beast's Roar Fades
 The Beast's Roar Fades 
Feb 4, 2009 10:50 AM CST

The Beast's Roar Fades

(Newser) - Is media darling Tina Brown headed for another disaster? That's what the Observer is asking, noting that traffic to the celebrity editor's website dropped 17% after its glitzy launch last fall. Despite a start-up budget said to be as high as $18 million, and a staff of 24, the Daily...

Black Berates Newser Founder From Jail
Black Berates Newser Founder From Jail
OPINION
Dec 17, 2008 1:40 PM CST

Black Berates Newser Founder From Jail

News mogul attacks biography's depiction of rival Murdoch

(Newser) - Convicted felon Conrad Black has skipped time in the exercise yard to pen a review from prison of the new biography of his old rival Rupert Murdoch. Black complains that biographer Michael Wolff is at once too deferential and takes "extreme psychological liberties" in The Man Who Owns the ...

Chris Buckley on the Outs With Dad's Mag

National Review drops column after Obama endorsement

(Newser) - Things have gotten a little ugly between Christopher Buckley and the movement his dad pretty much founded, reports Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post. The son of legendary William F. Buckley, godfather of modern conservatism and founder of the National Review, wrote a back-page column for that magazine until last...

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