Trying to think about some way to impress upon your students just how big a deal plagiarism is? Try this out. In a period of just 12 hours, conservative Christian policy wonk Tim Goeglein went from being a White House adviser to being just another unemployed writer, all because a blogger (call it "Busted 2.0") caught him lifting a (large) portion of an Indiana newspaper column on (of all things) the importance of education. Soon, readers of the blog had found several other instances plagiarism in earlier columns by Goeglein. The gig was up before the day was out: Goeglein was forced to resign from his White House job (and presumably from his newspaper job as well).
You can see the whole thing unfold here: http://nancynall.com/2008/02/29/copycat/ Regards, Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
