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Friday, March 24, 2006 12:00 AM

A portrait of the blogger as a young plagiarist

As a college student Ben Domenech lifted arts criticism; as a GOP henchman, he was accused of fabricating a Tim Russert quote. What was the Washington Post thinking?
By Joe Conason

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  • Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:07 PM

    And if you think that's bad...

    Just wait until you see all the other blatant examples of Domenech's plagiarism, sometimes even taking stories directly from the Washington Post! Also, I'll be interested in seeing whether any major media outlets still do investigative reporting, or if they just leave it all up to the bloggers nowadays, perhaps as a cost-cutting measure...

    —Pb

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