Talk:Monica Crowley

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[edit] The plagiarism allegation

There seems to be much argument about whether there was an allegation, proven or otherwise, that has sometimes been exacerbated because the blog has been down from time to time. For the record, here is the text of the citation given in the article. Please don't delete it. Verne Equinox 00:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Incoming MSNBC talker Monica Crowley called out for lifting in '99 At Daily Kos, one diarist posts a critical item about incoming MSNBC host Monica Crowley, who is set to do a show on the cabler with Ron Reagan in early '05. In the piece, we're led to a 1999 article by Slate's Timothy Noah, "Nixon's Monica Stonewalls About Plagiarism!" Noah details an item Crowley had written for the Wall Street Journal in 1999 "commemorating" the 25th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency. Shortly after the piece ran, the WSJ printed this editor's note:

"There are striking similarities in phraseology between "The Day Richard Nixon Said Goodbye," an editorial feature Monday by Monica Crowley, and a 1988 article by Paul Johnson in Commentary magazine ... Had we known of the parallels, we would not have published the article."
Noah says, "Pretty interesting, no?" Yes, it most certainly is. Here's one bit of the evidence that was put forth - From Johnson's "In Praise of Richard Nixon," Commentary, October 1988:
"There was none of the personal corruption which had marked the rule of Lyndon Johnson, let alone the gross immoralities and security risks of John F. Kennedy's White House."
From Crowley's "The Day Nixon Said Goodbye," Wall Street Journal, August 9, 1999:
"There was none of the personal corruption that had marked the rule of Lyndon Johnson or the base immoralities and outrageous security risks of the Kennedy and Clinton White Houses."

– The Media Drop

[edit] Biased attacks on Monica Crowley

This accusation of plagiarism, which is only one article, plagiarism has never been proven, nor has it been admitted to. Several have claimed all of Monica Crowley's work is now being questioned and speculation is none of it is her own. This is not true, and the article "The Day Nixon Said Goodbye" is the only article that remains questionable, it in its self, and the apology later printed by Wall Street Journal is the only incident of this nature. Neither constitute absolute proof of an act of plagiarism. This is the only place that this ember still has any life. The source that is used here is old, it is an inactive topic. There would have to be a lot more evidence to brand Monica Crowley's work as being the result of constant plagiarism. Monica Crowley also has been the target of blatant hate and vandalism by a user here on Attack made by 71.194.246.41 on 00:57, 2 December 2007


[edit] More on Accusations of Plagiarism

Wikipedia contributers keep changing the "Accusation of Plagiarism" subsection to give the reader the impression that the allegations are disputed when in fact there really isn't any debate about whether Monica Crowley plagiarized. The Wall Street Journal printed an apology. That should be sufficient evidence. In addition, the people editing this section keep inserting text defending Crowley's use of the phrase "with credit", which suggests that this is the only example of plagiarism in her article. It's not. There are numerous examples, many of which are shown on this very discussion page. Finally, whoever is making the changes has a chatty and sometimes incoherent writing style that does not adhere to the stylistic guidelines of Wikipedia.

I think it would be worthwhile to block these people from editing the page or to prohibit further edits to the page for a few weeks. 71.237.179.8 (talk) 20:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I've fixed the plagiarism section (someone vandalized it again), and put in a request for temporary protection. Mkblackstone (talk) 03:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)