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US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump’s transition team is defending the syndicated talk show host Monica Crowley, named as a communications specialist for the incoming administration, against plagiarism accusations.
CNN reports that Crowley plagiarised large sections of her 2012 book, What The (Bleep) Just Happened.
In its report, CNN says it found more than 50 examples of plagiarism from numerous sources, including copying with no changes or minimal changes from news articles, other columnists and think tanks.
The publisher, HarperCollins’ Broadside Books, had no comment on the CNN report.
Crowley has been named Trump’s director of communications for the White House’s National Security Council.
In response to the CNN report, a Trump transition spokesperson commended Crowley for her “exceptional insight and thoughtful work on how to turn this country around” and said that is “exactly why she will be serving in the administration”.
The Trump transition team says any attempt to discredit Crowley “is nothing more than a politically motivated attack that seeks to distract from the real issues facing this country”.
Russia
Earlier yesterday Trump renewed his call for warmer relations with Russia.
“Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Trump tweeted.
This came a day after intelligence leaders said in a report that Russia meddled in the US election on Trump’s behalf.
Trump says on Twitter that both countries should working together to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues.
Trump has long argued that improving relations with Russia would be a good thing.
He says the U.S. has enough problems around the world and that “Only ‘stupid’ people, or fools” would think improved relations were bad.
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You’d think that someone with a Phd would know how to give references and citations properly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Crowley
Donald thump ate my hamster
Not just yours by the look of him…
Donald Trump’s 3rd wife plagiarised Michelle Obama’s speech so this should be no surprise to any one.
His pick for Native American affairs is a supporter of the Dakota Pipeline.
@Carlin Ite: Obama wont release Leonard Peltier after 43 years in jail for the Ogala Sioux uprising
Val I am not a fan of Obama. Just because I despise trump don’t automatically assume I like the democrats.
@Carlin Ite: I gave you a like because I disagree with your dislike of Trump, I admire the logic in your comment. It shows you can count. I love Trump, bigly
One minute clip explains why the American people should remain skeptical regarding Russian hacking accusations.
“Just like with Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction….Our 17 intelligence agencies are lying to us.”
https://www.facebook.com/socasusa/videos/1243065655731319/
@Pat O’Dwyer: What do you mean “OUR”, Paleface?
Pat could it be that he read the Journal but that he is from the USA?
Hans he’s still preaching to the wrong nation.
@king Tut: It’s the name the authors gave to the clip. Notice the inverted commas?
@Pat O’Dwyer: Can I just add, that anyone who expects their e-mails to be private is like a naked woman in a ground floor room along a busy street who is surprised when the passes by look in. Would you e-mail you bank account log in codes to a friend? Would you?
I plagarise Percy French when I get drink at parties. This is a snowflake tread.
Soft, naive, oblivious, worried, fickle , leftie, aloof keen and empty headed
@Val Martin: No you don’t Val. Plagiarising involves passing off someone else’s work as your own. It’s simply avoided by acknowledging the source. In the case of very well known sources; it’s taken as read that everyone can reasonably be expected to know the source (eg French) even if you don’t explicitly say so on every occasion.
@Terry McClatchey: Surely you don’t expect a politician to refrain form using someone else’s ideas as their own?. Why do you think all modern political parties have the same policies? They plagarise then from each other.
If there was no plagiarism, then there would be few song writers, few after dinner speeches, I don’t know if the instant case involves coincidence or plagarism, but if it does, so what? Trump will be President , he will appoint has staff, I wish I was one of them
To be fair, plagiarism is what her job would be, take what an expert said and pass it on verbatim. No problem with this
A matter for the literati surely.
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