Reply #45: I have to admit

[salin]

I became bored early on with the story, and stopped following additional items as they were posted. Thus I missed the painting story, and - more importantly (imo) the falsification of his background in order to secure a specific university position. Could you summarize this for me?

Per the plagiarism - looks pretty credible (that he has a history of plagiarizing). Always seems like a huge deal, to me. However, at least in the popular press, the charge seems not to damage careers permanently - pointing to the case of a Boston columnist who went on to have his own msnbc show, AND more significantly the presidential historian who used to be called upon frequently on the Newshour (formerly McNiell Leher (sp) Newshour) - who was shown to have plagiarized her academic work - but who now regularly appears again on various news shows for her "expert" commentary. Sadly the charge no longer seems to be a career breaker.