Ben Carson Apologizes For Plagiarism: ‘I Inadvertently Missed’ Some Sources
[su_right_ad]Possible presidential candidate and conservative icon Ben Carson, who has been accused of plagiarism, says he did so “inadvertently.”
“I attempted to appropriately cite and acknowledge all sources in America the Beautiful, but inadvertently missed some,” Carson said in a statement to BuzzFeed. “I apologize, and I am working with my editors to rectify the situation.”
Carson’s literary agent said on Wednesday that Carson had “no intent to plagiarize,” and pledged to investigate the charges “historically and accurately.”
BuzzFeed detailed examples of plagiarism from an early 2000s website, SocialismSucks.net, as well as from The Five Thousand Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen, a 2011 press release from the Liberty Institute, and a 2010 CBS News article.
Zondervan, the Christian publisher of Carson’s book, said more citations are needed and will be added in future printings of the book.
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rg9rts January 9th, 2015 at 11:05 am
“inadvertently” on purpose
edmeyer_able January 9th, 2015 at 11:10 am
I think it’s amazing that anybody who reads his drivel it had the integrity to report it.
Suzanne McFly January 9th, 2015 at 11:25 am
I think it was suspected and a reporter did the dirty work and checked his citations an comments.
edmeyer_able January 9th, 2015 at 11:30 am
Probably since none of his base can remember what they read the week before.
tracey marie January 9th, 2015 at 12:54 pm
I bet they remember the cruz coloring book, the colors were pretty.
Suzanne McFly January 9th, 2015 at 2:01 pm
They are an audience who is easy to appease, if they are distracted and no longer focusing just yell Benghazi, IRS, Obama the Muslim dictator, Black men armed with cigars or Twizzler candy……
William January 9th, 2015 at 11:37 am
C’mon Ben, try writing your own sh*t. It’s not brain surgery
NW10 January 9th, 2015 at 12:35 pm
And this man is a neurosurgeon? Did he not learn the words “attention to detail?”
edmeyer_able January 9th, 2015 at 12:38 pm
Probably only operated on republican brains, how much damage could he really do…../s
Denise January 9th, 2015 at 12:45 pm
This man would not get near my brain with a 10′ pole! Plagiarism means most of the work was somebody else’s, not just forgetting to give recognition of another’s work.
tracey marie January 9th, 2015 at 12:53 pm
Does this teabagger really believe his own excuses. His profession is known for meticulous and detail oriented as well as focused individuals, now he is pulling a perry and saying oops. I do not buy it.
bpollen January 9th, 2015 at 2:28 pm
“…but inadvertently got caught.”
Booya Bible January 9th, 2015 at 3:02 pm
I wish he would plagiarize actual science.
fancypants January 9th, 2015 at 11:45 pm
in other words
the court papers have arrived and its time for damage control to kick in