Fox News Plagiarizes in Palin story..(Gotta love the tooooobs)

[SoCalDem]

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/8/29/172734/209

Fox News Plagiarizes in Palin story

by Falsehood, Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 05:27:34 PM EST

Let's compare some quotes:

Fox's profile of Palin: http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/29/ sarah-palin-seen-as-gop-rising-star/

Almanac of American Politics: http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2 008/people/ak/akgv.php

FOX:

Palin grew up in Wasilla, just outside of Anchorage, played on Wasilla's state champion girls' basketball team in 1982, wore the crown of Miss Wasilla in 1984 and competed in the Miss Alaska contest.

AoAP:

She grew up in Wasilla, just outside of Anchorage, played on Wasilla's state championship girls basketball team in 1982, wore the crown of Miss Wasilla in 1984 and competed in the Miss Alaska contest.


Fox:

At the end of her second term, party leaders encouraged her to enter the 2002 race for lieutenant governor. Palin, running against veteran legislators with far more experience, finished second in the Republican primary by fewer than 2,000 votes, making a name for herself in statewide politics.

AoAP:

At the end of her second term, party leaders encouraged her to enter the 2002 race for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Against veteran legislators with far more experience, Palin finished second by fewer than 2,000 votes, making a name for herself in statewide politics.

Fox:

Frank Murkowski, elected governor in 2002, suffered politically from his decision to appoint his daughter as his Senate successor and for purchasing a state jet for his travel. A Republican, Murkowski also faced criticism that the natural gas pipeline deal that he had negotiated was a sweetheart deal with oil producers.

AoAP:

Murkowski suffered politically from his decision to appoint his daughter as his Senate successor and for purchasing a state jet for his travel. He also faced criticism that the natural gas pipeline deal that he had negotiated was a sweetheart deal with oil producers.

[JeffR]

1. Someone got paid impressive money for those copies'n'pastes.

I think I've misdirected myself severely with the DUzy Awards, where copy'n'paste is has to be its own reward because it's the only reward involved.

[Bonobo]

2. The need for programming to fill all those empty hours is the cause for so much trouble...

An unholy vacuum of reality TV and unreality News...

[AlCzervik]

3. So went they aren't just normally making stuff up they plagiarize.