Comments on: How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal: Don’t Plagiarize! http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:49:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: KarenW http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74570 KarenW Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:04:44 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74570 Thanks for the links and the info. My blog is very non political but this info is great for all. Thanks for the links and the info. My blog is very non political but this info is great for all.

]]> By: Sean Hackbarth http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74569 Sean Hackbarth Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:11:06 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74569 If Goodwin's reputation was ruined I'd love mine to be ruined like hers. Last year, she had a best-selling biography of Lincoln, and it got good reviews. Some people can be forgiven. If Goodwin’s reputation was ruined I’d love mine to be ruined like hers. Last year, she had a best-selling biography of Lincoln, and it got good reviews. Some people can be forgiven.

]]> By: A.J. Nolte http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74551 A.J. Nolte Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:53:39 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74551 Lawrence Tribe, the godfather of liberal law professors, is also more than likely guilty of plagiarism. Very large sections of his book _God Save this Honorable Court_ appear to have been ripped off directly from a book by Henry Abraham from the University of Virginia (I can't remember the title of the Abraham book off the top of my head: sorry). There was an excellent article done on this controversy by the Weekly Standard a few years ago entitled "The Big Mahatma". Lawrence Tribe, the godfather of liberal law professors, is also more than likely guilty of plagiarism. Very large sections of his book _God Save this Honorable Court_ appear to have been ripped off directly from a book by Henry Abraham from the University of Virginia (I can’t remember the title of the Abraham book off the top of my head: sorry). There was an excellent article done on this controversy by the Weekly Standard a few years ago entitled “The Big Mahatma”.

]]> By: Brad http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74418 Brad Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:30:48 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74418 If great minds think alike isn't plagiarism mind melding with our great peers? If great minds think alike isn’t plagiarism mind melding with our great peers?

]]> By: truegrit http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74409 truegrit Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:52:10 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74409 La Shawn Barber’s Corner » How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal: Don’t Plagiarize! is the second post in a series on things that bloggers should be mindful of in their writing. I think of it as a maturing of the blogosphere. La Shawn Barber’s Corner » How to Avoid a Blogosphere Scandal: Don’t Plagiarize! is the second post in a series on things that bloggers should be mindful of in their writing. I think of it as a maturing of the blogosphere.

]]> By: Explorations in Learning http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74357 Explorations in Learning Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:51:34 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74357 <strong>Plagiarism: Perpsective and Context</strong> Even academics contest the nature of plagiarism. ... standards for plagiarism differ according to perspective and context. Plagiarism: Perpsective and Context

Even academics contest the nature of plagiarism. … standards for plagiarism differ according to perspective and context.

]]> By: The Moderate Voice http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74350 The Moderate Voice Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:02:28 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74350 <strong>Around The Sphere August 7, 2006</strong> Our periodic linkfest offering you links from sites of VARYING opinions. Posts linked do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice or the... Around The Sphere August 7, 2006

Our periodic linkfest offering you links from sites of VARYING opinions. Posts linked do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice or the…

]]> By: Rancher http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74349 Rancher Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:11:59 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74349 Hey, I posted this back in April, almost word for word! (Not really) :) Hey, I posted this back in April, almost word for word!

(Not really) :)

]]> By: Doug http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74348 Doug Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:59:01 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74348 I noted the passage in Ann Coulter's book which was supposedly plagiarized. Even to my non-professional eye, I could see that her critics were trying to raise a pimple on the back of a mole on his hill to the status of a mountain. Nothing doing-it wasn't a case of plagiarism. It was a case of her defining them so clearly in a way which they didn't like. Boo Hoo. In citation, let me state that I originally saw Boo Hoo in many other source materials, and am not claiming creator credit on the arangement of "Boo" followed by "Hoo." I noted the passage in Ann Coulter’s book which was supposedly plagiarized. Even to my non-professional eye, I could see that her critics were trying to raise a pimple on the back of a mole on his hill to the status of a mountain. Nothing doing-it wasn’t a case of plagiarism. It was a case of her defining them so clearly in a way which they didn’t like.
Boo Hoo.
In citation, let me state that I originally saw Boo Hoo in many other source materials, and am not claiming creator credit on the arangement of “Boo” followed by “Hoo.”

]]> By: Right Wing News http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74300 Right Wing News Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:53:43 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74300 <strong>Week-End Links</strong> Right Wing News returns on Monday. Until then, consider this to be an open thread, enjoy the links below, and... Week-End Links

Right Wing News returns on Monday. Until then, consider this to be an open thread, enjoy the links below, and…

]]> By: Jeremy http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74298 Jeremy Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:07:12 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74298 Blogs are more like conversations than law review articles. I don't cite sources when I speak to someone, and I don't think anyone does. Therefore, I think all this emphasis on plagiarism is a little silly. Blog posts are not scholarly treatises nor are they (ordinarily) works made for profitable publication. Plagiarism is simply not, in my opinion, applicable outside of these realms. Sure, copyright law has some application, but one cannot copyright an idea. The notion of plagiarism is almost unknown in the practice of law, for example. I think the real problem is that some bloggers have become a bit too uppity. Blogs are more like conversations than law review articles. I don’t cite sources when I speak to someone, and I don’t think anyone does. Therefore, I think all this emphasis on plagiarism is a little silly.

Blog posts are not scholarly treatises nor are they (ordinarily) works made for profitable publication. Plagiarism is simply not, in my opinion, applicable outside of these realms. Sure, copyright law has some application, but one cannot copyright an idea. The notion of plagiarism is almost unknown in the practice of law, for example.

I think the real problem is that some bloggers have become a bit too uppity.

]]> By: TexasFred http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74276 TexasFred Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:04:33 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74276 I have often heard that great minds think alike, must be true... I posted one that's going to 'whiz-off' one of my loyal readers but it's 100% true and that's life... <a href="http://texasfred.net/?p=274" rel="nofollow">Why do we Blog??</a> I hammered 'citation' vs 'opinion' and I feel very strongly about it too... As always, La Shawn is on top of her game... Keep shooting, you're doing a great job... :) I have often heard that great minds think alike, must be true…

I posted one that’s going to ‘whiz-off’ one of my loyal readers but it’s 100% true and that’s life…

Why do we Blog??

I hammered ‘citation’ vs ‘opinion’ and I feel very strongly about it too…

As always, La Shawn is on top of her game… Keep shooting, you’re doing a great job… :)

]]> By: Rhondayvoo http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74273 Rhondayvoo Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:44:02 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74273 Thanks LaShawn. I've recently started a blog and really appreciate this information. Thanks for sharing your personal experiences also. Thanks LaShawn. I’ve recently started a blog and really appreciate this information. Thanks for sharing your personal experiences also.

]]> By: RedBlueChristian http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74263 RedBlueChristian Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:45:28 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74263 D.J. Dionne seems to be declaring with get boldness the end of the conservative political right.  D.J. Dionne seems to be declaring with get boldness the end of the conservative political right. 

]]> By: Heliotrope http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2006/08/04/dont-plagiarize/comment-page-1/#comment-74262 Heliotrope Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:40:42 +0000 http://lashawnbarber.com/?p=2092#comment-74262 Charges of plagiarism in politically charged writing as in the Ann Coulter case is a tactic rather than an act to ferret out malpractice. When Stephen Ambrose was caught at it, however, it peeled back an awful layer for examination. We want to trust the writer/researcher/historian. When we find he has passed along stolen goods as his own, everything else comes into play. You immediately question whether his research will stand scrutiny and whether he has invented obscure sources to flesh out his story. It is at that point that you chuck his work and stroll over to the fiction section for your next read. Plagiarism is suicide. But being charged with plagiarism is sometimes nothing more than political gaming. To be "Ann Coultered" is part of the business when you write as she does. Charges of plagiarism in politically charged writing as in the Ann Coulter case is a tactic rather than an act to ferret out malpractice.

When Stephen Ambrose was caught at it, however, it peeled back an awful layer for examination. We want to trust the writer/researcher/historian. When we find he has passed along stolen goods as his own, everything else comes into play. You immediately question whether his research will stand scrutiny and whether he has invented obscure sources to flesh out his story. It is at that point that you chuck his work and stroll over to the fiction section for your next read.

Plagiarism is suicide. But being charged with plagiarism is sometimes nothing more than political gaming. To be “Ann Coultered” is part of the business when you write as she does.

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