March 24, 2006
Breaking News: Domenech Resigns
In a post just published at the post.blog, Jim Brady, WashingtonPost.com's Executive Editor, announced that Ben Domenech, who on Tuesday launched a conservative blog on the site, has resigned his position. His resignation comes on the heels of multiple accusations of plagiarism.
Since his debut earlier this week, both Domenech and the Post had come under fire for the content of the blog and the qualifications of its author. But as the week went on, bloggers across the web managed to unearth several examples of plagiarism in Domenech's past work. Howard Kurtz wrote this morning on Domenech; here's a Wonkette post with lots of links, and you can click here for our earlier coverage.
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can i be the first to say...."HAHAHAHAHA"
Its funny a no name guy like this gets knocked down for plagiarism, but someone like Lawrence Tribe is praised for the same stuff. I wonder if Tribe will ever be punished for lifting paragraphs from Henry Abraham's work. Probably not, but it makes me laugh when I see that cheater in front of Congress.
I second meangrl.... HAHAHAHA
DAMMIT, meangrl, you beat me to it.
Can I be the first to say a shorter, Muntzian "HA-HA!"?
I'll be the 1st to say...HOLLLLA!!!! The Post has embarrassed itself...yet again.
Celena, just remember the differences between The Washington Post, washingtonpost.com and WashingtonPost/NewsweekInteractive. They are all separate companies doing different things. Laying the blame on the print edition for this one isn't accurate.
All in all, this is very embarrassing for post.com. With all of the defending of their decision to hire him, to have all of this come out...who didn't seem to think it was a good idea to google this guy's work and see if it was legit?
Hey, I'm opinionated and hate my job, maybe I'll submit a resume. I'm going to need to say something controversial first, just to get noticed, so how about this:
I think journalists ought to not only know how to write, but also have something of note to say, especially if they're going to be in the opinion column business.
There. That's a pretty revolutionary idea, it ought to get their attention over there at Postdotcom. And just in case that's not inflammatory enough, I'll throw in this little gem:
People who can't read above a fifth-grade level don't get to enjoy first-class newspapers.
That ought to ruffle some feathers, it's got just a hint of exclusionary dogma, with a dash of elitist bravado. I'll see you guys in the funny pages.
Also, you might want to look into the "Google" I keep hearing so much about. If half the stories are true, this would be quite the tool for reporting... or, say, checking the credentials of people you might hire.
The schadenfreudenest comments ever, and an appearance by the undead katharine graham. What a great thread.
Hahahahahahahahhaahaha. Another Rethuglican that got the boom dropped on him. So frickin pathetic. Fake reasons for war, fake war, fake policies, fake administrators, fake viewpoints, fake originality. Its all adding up slowly but surely.
Plagiarism?! I guess these wing nuts really don't think for themselves. WAPO still should not be let off the hook....
>Celena, just remember the differences between The Washington
>Post, washingtonpost.com and WashingtonPost/
>NewsweekInteractive. They are all separate companies doing
>different things. Laying the blame on the print edition for this one >isn't accurate.
The Washington Post can make that distinction over and over an over until they've typed their fingers to little nubbs. People will still call it "The Post's Web Site," and think that the Washington Post, the famous famous newspaper, has some responsibility for what goes on "the Washington Post's web site.
I mean honestly, who says, 'Sorry, we don't have any control over the website for this newspaper. We're a big wire service to them.'
By the way, then why does Deborah Howell comment on both the website and the print paper. They share an ombudsman?
Excellent. I always thought he was a no talent ass clown, but now he's a no talent ass clown that plagarized for a living. Anyone going through his speeches? hehehehehehe
Oh, well. If you're still looking for a train wreck to read, try the working mom/dad blog: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/onbalance/
It sucks up a good portion of your day, watching the moms, dads, and singletons viciously attack each other. Sometimes politics even gets pulled into the discussion. Don't say I didn't warn you.