Michelle Malkin calls for Domenech to resign

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Amazing. She admits she was wrong and Kos was right.

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/004834.htm

But now the determined moonbat hordes have exposed multiple instances of what clearly appear to me to be blatant lifting of entire, unique passages by Ben from other writers. It is one thing to paraphrase basic facts from a wire story. But to filch the original thoughts and distinctly crafted phrases of a writer without crediting him/her--and doing so repeatedly--is unacceptable in our business. Some of the cases occurred while Ben was in college; he is blaming an editor for these transgressions. But at least one other incident involved a piece he wrote for NRO after he graduated. The side-by-side comparisons of these extensive passages is damning.

I certainly understand the impulse on the Right to rally around Domenech. But I can't ignore the plain evidence. And the charges can't be dismissed as "lies" or jealousy attributed to Ben's age.

As someone who has worked in daily journalism for 14 years, I have a lot of experience related to this horrible situation: I've had my work plagiarized by shameless word and idea thiefs many times over the years. I've also been baselessly accused of plagiarism by some of the same leftists now attacking Ben.

The bottom line is: I know it when I see it. And, painfully, Domenech's detractors, are right. He should own up to it and step down. Then, the Left should cease its sick gloating and leave him and his family alone.

[AtomicKitten]

1. No thanks. I think Michelle Malkin should STFU as a general policy.

She is a foul human being.

I would never condone taking anything from the jaws of a shark.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. IMHO, she is just pissed she did not get the job he got.

Figures if he is out, she might stand a chance. I.E. Sour Grapes.

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3. Come again?

Fuck a duck?

[CBHagman]

4. Hockey teams scheduled to play in hell.

Details at 11!

[AlCzervik]

5. like Michelle Malkins words actually matter, she's got an overinflated

opinion of her own value.

[Paladin]

6. Hey Michelle! The Word Is "Thieves," Not "Thiefs"

Stupid, self-loathing, Coulter-wannabe skank....