Plagiarism. Imitation. Sloppiness. Sadly, nothing new.

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  1. David says:

    When reading about “Wentegate” over the past few days, I couldn’t help but think “I wonder if MM will have something to say”. I’m glad you responded, but I have to say I am a bit disappointed with where all responses have gone over the past few days and think the Globe has successfully spun the direction of the story to their advantage.

    I enjoyed Colby Cosh’s commentary from MacLean’s and have read the Mea Culpa site. To me the bigger issues are the apology that wasn’t an apology, and the “serial nature of the offenses”.

    From Wente’s own response article: “But I’m also sorry we live in an age where attacks on people’s character and reputation seem to have become the norm. Most of all, I regret the trouble I’ve created for my Globe colleagues by giving any opening at all to my many critics. In an ideal world, there wouldn’t be any openings. In the real world, there are.” So she’s most sorry for everything except the fact she plagiarized??? I work at a University – the double standard is appalling.

    I mentioned the Globe being successful in it’s spinning. We’re focusing on a three year old article with mis-quotations. As much as I dislike Wente’s writing style, I could actually give her a pass on this – same as a 1st year student. However, all these apologies ignore what she’s done since then, the numerous clarifications/corrections the Globe has had to print regarding her articles, and the pure fabrications such as the reporting on the Occupy movement.

    Given some of the history around the various business bloggers I read, I just can’t understand how you feel sorry for Wente (on a professional level, I could understand if she is a friend). I’d be grabbing for a pitchfork.

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