Update: Coulter Publisher Stands By Her

According to Fox, both Universal Press Syndicate and the Crown Publishing Group have stood by Ann Coulter in the face of allegations of plagiarism. In a prepared statement, UPS says, "There are only so many ways you can rewrite a fact and minimal matching text is not plagiarism."

I said last week that I wasn't going to hold my breath, but it looks like my prediction that a researcher might be fired was too harsh. However, I assure you that had a student wrote a paper with those examples, or many of these, I'd judge it plagiarism. Because UPS is wrong -- it's not just the similar-sounding or exactly-phrased text, it's the lack of sourcing that makes writing like this an example of plagiarism. Use other folks ideas -- no problem! Just give them credit.

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