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They were lifted (rather poorly) from another speech

Posted on: July 20, 2016 at 10:29:12 CT

Spanky KU

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The sentiment was common enough, but the phrasing was copied. A speechwriter was lazy and stole someone else's words.

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i'm confused plagiarism of a speech perjury in FBI inv? - justwinbaby KC - 7/20 10:07:31

correct point! anybody bringing up plagiarism by - yy4u MU - 7/20 12:17:11

Certainly, in the alleged mind of a demlib.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 7/20 11:13:05

it wasn't speech plagiarism, it wsa 15 words resembling - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:09:38

Then why is don Jr blaming speech writers? - Mo Texan MU - 7/20 11:03:41

RE: it wasn't speech plagiarism, it wsa 15 words resembling - sarasotatiger MU - 7/20 10:30:14

well, by you. - FootballRefugee MU

- 7/20 10:36:36

and what about the rest of the speech?(nm) - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:31:18

The odds of that 6% of the speech being hers are over - catbirdseat MU

- 7/20 10:29:13

Bull ****. She didn't steal data or anything personal - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:30:53

she should have credited the source then. - catbirdseat MU

- 7/20 12:41:39

If it was in a term paper I submitted in college, I would - Spanky KU - 7/20 10:19:42

This is a false premise. The statements were of emotion - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:23:40

The words were very similar but they were just platitudes - DHighlander KC - 7/20 10:34:03

exactly(nm) - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:34:33

They were lifted (rather poorly) from another speech - Spanky KU - 7/20 10:29:12

a very different forum than a term paper - FootballRefugee MU

- 7/20 10:43:06

all 15 words, despite not being the exact same.(nm) - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:29:50

We will disagree on this point.. - Spanky KU - 7/20 10:33:37

she was reading from a teleprompter - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/20 10:24:35

yes, her thoughts. her views. her stances - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:29:19

In the courtroom of common sense - MNTIGER MU - 7/20 11:01:00

You probably wouldn't have had an army of - tman KC - 7/20 10:20:30

Ah, you mean like having an army of reptards - tigerdb MU - 7/20 10:34:27

well, clintons have had people killed and laundered - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:35:11

term papers have to be submitte electronicly now - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/20 10:21:51

The media did that with melania's speech and nothing came - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:24:25

it only has to be like 10% different to clear(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/20 10:25:29

I think Michelle's speech failed that test.(nm) - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:33:23

it's a non-issue to me, Trump has bigger issues, but this - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/20 10:36:57

Disagree. It was clearly plagiarism. Without doubt. It - hokie VT - 7/20 10:13:50

RE: Disagree. It was clearly plagiarism. Without doubt. It - MNTIGER MU - 7/20 11:09:46

michelle's speech was plagairized.(nm) - SuperTone MU

- 7/20 10:21:29

agree - I'd like to hear for the person that helped her on - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/20 10:17:21