Oh dear. The OZ is trying to whip up a plagiarism scandal by claiming that Kevin Rudd in his recent Monthly essay used the same quotes (of Nicolas Sarkozy and Wang Qishan) as Roger Altman in January’s edition of Foreign Affairs. These quotes were, of course, properly referenced.
For the benefit of the paper's chief political correspondent, Matthew Franklin (the whipper) here is the OED definition of plagiarism: “The action or practice of taking someone else’s work, idea, etc., and passing it off as one’s own.”
Repeat: passing it off as one’s own.
(Ah, they’re up to their old tricks again, adopting the “tarred with the same brush” spoiler strategy that worked so poorly for them during the 07 campaign (their assumption being that most people can’t make the distinctions required to separate, for example, plagiarism - bad- from coincidental quoting - not bad).)
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That 'recent The Monthly essay, was at first, accused of being ghost written for Kevin Rudd, then it was touted as having been a hoax on The Monthly editor, then there was a sacking of the editor and reasons other than that were given.
all too muddy for me.
I purchased that issue, and remarked to my friend, on my surprise that our PM had the TIME to write 5000 words like that.
The new editor is 17 or something. I'm keeping my money - I only bought it for Shane Maloneys back page anyhow.
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