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Plagiarism Claims Against Coulter Stretch Back Nearly Five Years

It turns out that charges plagiarism against Ann Coulter have been around since 2001. From a Boston Globe article dated Oct. 18, 2001, on Coulter’s book, “High Crimes and Misdemeanors”:

Michael Chapman, formerly a colleague of Coulter’s at the conservative weekly Human Events… . complained to his bosses that a lot of his original research and reporting [for an earlier supplement, later cancelled] ended up in Coulter’s book. In several instances, he wrote, his work was reproduced verbatim, paraphrased, or slightly rewritten, but never acknowledged… . Let’s take a look.

Chapman, “A Case for Impeachment,” page 13: “Four Democratic fundraisers have stated that former DNC Finance Chairman Marvin Rosen explicitly advocated selling access to the President…”

Coulter, page 219: “At least four Democratic fund-raising officials have revealed that former DNC Finance Chairman Marvin Rosen explicitly advocated selling access to the president …”

Chapman: “A DNC fundraiser told Nynex executives they would receive invitations to White House ‘coffees’ if they joined the DNC’s ‘Managing Trustees’ program and agreed to donate $100,000 …”
Coulter: “A DNC fundraiser told Nynex Corporation executives that they would receive invitations to White House coffees if they joined the DNC’s ‘Managing Trustees’ program and agreed to donate $100,000 …”

Hat tip to Gawker, others who have noted this. Are there other complaints floating out there? We’re still building our list.

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