Guido Fawkes/Paul Staines caught out in plagiarism row!
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Guido Fawkes' theft of my idea on 29 June 2011
June 29th, 2011
Dirty Hari: Johann Story Rapidly Unravelling
Damian Thompson is Editor of Telegraph Blogs and a leader writer for the Daily Telegraph.
On 30 June 2011 he writes...
Johann Hari: the back story
The “Dirty Hari” scandal, as Guido calls it, may have caught Johann Hari’s readers by surprise; it shouldn’t have come as such a shock to media commentators.
And yesterday he writes...
This isn’t just a media squabble. The “Dirty Hari” scandal, as it’s being called, tells us two things.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
In my opinion, Hari's mistakes are minor compared to the bare-faced lies put about by the right-wing press.
ReplyDeletePlagiarism is stealing somebody else's ideas and passing them off your own, so it seems to me that Mr Staines is more guilty of the act he complains about than Hari.
I don't think these right-wingers are making such a fuss because of the actual mistakes Hari made, but because of his political leaning. Therefore their intentions are dishonest, in my view.
Tim: I agree.
ReplyDeletePaul Staines, as you say, is more guilty because of his fake moral outrage.
Pot calling kettle black.