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20. No the Editor changed his "quotes." Article Here:
Tue May 31, 2016, 06:11 PM
May 2016
Daily News Fires Editor after Shaun King accused of plagiarism
by Dylan Byers @CNNMoney

April 19, 2016: 8:06 PM ET

The New York Daily News has fired one of its editors for removing attribution from columns by writer Shaun King, which made it appear as though King had plagiarized the works of others.

On Tuesday, Daily News editor-in-chief Jim Rich told CNNMoney that the editor in question had "made a series of egregious and inexplicable errors," and on at least three occasions "deleted attribution that made it appear passages from Shaun King's columns were not properly credited."

"These mistakes are unacceptable and the editor in question has been fired," Rich said. The Daily News did not identify the editor, but a source with knowledge of the situation said it was editor Jotham Sederstrom.


Sederstrom could not be immediately reached for comment by CNNMoney.

Rich also said that "because of the recurring nature of this editor's specific mistakes," the Daily News was "currently reviewing all of the columns he edited."

The announcement came after a chaotic day in which King had vehemently defended himself against mounting accusations of plagiarism.

Justin Miller, a senior editor at The Daily Beast, accused King of plagiarism on Tuesday after it was discovered that his most recent article included two paragraphs that were identical to those in a Daily Beast article. King's article included no quotation marks and no mention of The Daily Beast.


Related: NY Daily News hires columnist and activist Shaun King

In an interview, King told CNNMoney that the appearance of plagiarism in the article was the result of errors by an editor. King said he provided proper attribution in his drafts, but that the citations and quotation marks were removed by an editor without his knowledge.

"Someone really f****ed up here," King said of the editor. "Someone dropped the ball."

Rich corroborated King's explanation, calling it "an editing mistake." The Daily News also added an editor's note to the article.[/b

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/19/media/shaun-king-daily-news-plagiarism-accusations/index.html

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"Shifted the results in the end"? stopbush May 2016 #1
There were Hillary supporters at the time who claimed it was stolen. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #51
That has absolutely nothing to do with whether or why super delegates stopbush May 2016 #62
Really? That's not what I heard.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #68
"Released"? billhicks76 May 2016 #57
released? what were they tied up? JumpinJehosaphat May 2016 #66
From Shaun King - the plagiarist. Gomez163 May 2016 #2
What? I never knew about any plagiarism bravenak May 2016 #4
They fired his editor for not catching his plagiarism Gomez163 May 2016 #7
Whoa!!! Why not him too? bravenak May 2016 #11
No the Editor changed his "quotes." Article Here: KoKo May 2016 #20
Thank you. 840high May 2016 #45
You are Welcome! KoKo May 2016 #47
He was accused of it because of an editor's sloppiness. The editor was fired. MADem May 2016 #9
Ooooooh! That makes better sense! bravenak May 2016 #12
Good catch. I was scratching my head also. He did the proper attribution but the editor removed it. LiberalArkie May 2016 #16
What a terrible thing to do bravenak May 2016 #24
Well, at least the editor got caught. I would imagine that happens a lot. People trying to LiberalArkie May 2016 #26
If I can't take a cheap shot at someone that disagrees with me, Gomez163 May 2016 #34
Post removed Post removed May 2016 #38
Who is Brock? Lou Brock?? Gomez163 May 2016 #40
I don't know about the plagiarism, but what does that have to do with anything? thesquanderer May 2016 #8
It goes to his credibility. Gomez163 May 2016 #13
I don't agree, but you can watch the video for yourself. He is not in it. thesquanderer May 2016 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author mac56 May 2016 #21
But you don't refute the article AgingAmerican May 2016 #25
Simply not true. 840high May 2016 #46
Yes, he got caught on Twitter by a lot of people shenmue May 2016 #53
See #9 840high May 2016 #56
IMO, the DNC waited so long to object that I can't take the "pleas" merrily May 2016 #3
No real objection of their part. DemMomma4Sanders May 2016 #18
Yeah, it just looks like trying to salvage their optics at this point. nt SusanCalvin May 2016 #54
It has always worked that way liberal N proud May 2016 #5
The video had nothing to do with whether or not Bernie Sanders likes it. thesquanderer May 2016 #10
Did You Read The Article? billhicks76 May 2016 #58
There we go another attack on my username liberal N proud May 2016 #61
Um no. The superdelegates are NOT "likely to change their mind." SunSeeker May 2016 #6
not in my state...bernie took every county but one but hrc got the supers dembotoz May 2016 #22
What state is that? nt SunSeeker May 2016 #29
She didn't Lordquinton May 2016 #23
It is Sanders who wants to disenfranchise women and people of color by asking supers to flip. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #28
You mean African American voters of the older generation elljay May 2016 #41
Disgusting Attack billhicks76 May 2016 #59
By flipping superdelegates, Sanders would be negating the votes of women and POC. SunSeeker May 2016 #64
Some claimed support before he announced. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #52
It has been common practice to include the SD's in the court. Stop the whining. riversedge May 2016 #14
Superdelegates have been included in media vote tallies since 1984, when the system began. pnwmom May 2016 #15
Shaun King wrote the article, so the outrage and hyperbole are to be expected. annavictorious May 2016 #17
Shaun King geek tragedy May 2016 #27
LOL SunSeeker May 2016 #30
This is not LBN. LiberalFighter May 2016 #31
DNC chair must know the historical data beachbumbob May 2016 #32
Apparently this is not about what Sanders thinks passiveporcupine May 2016 #42
I believe Jesse Jackson among others questioned the wisdom of Superdelegates. Ford_Prefect May 2016 #60
They might be OK if not misused the way they have been passiveporcupine May 2016 #65
Don't touch... jtuck004 May 2016 #33
The pledged delegates don't vote until the convention, either. Does that mean the tally is 0-0? George II May 2016 #35
That's the new meme wallyworld2 May 2016 #36
The other "meme" was that the superdelegates should vote with the people. But now that.... George II May 2016 #37
I still don't know wallyworld2 May 2016 #43
Hello,,,,, Super Delegates can,, Cryptoad May 2016 #39
They pledged wallyworld2 May 2016 #44
maybe u are in need of another Political Party, Cryptoad May 2016 #69
The number of delegates needed to win the nomination includes the super delegates Gman May 2016 #48
Not reporting on the superdelegates who have supported one candidate or another NobodyHere May 2016 #49
Why is this here and not GD-P? N/t JesterCS May 2016 #50
Beats me. I already posted that and nothing happened. LiberalFighter May 2016 #55
The story goes that at least some of the Superdelegates were bought prior to any vote. Ford_Prefect May 2016 #63
The press has always counted superdelegates in declaring the presumptive nominee is past primaries Gothmog May 2016 #67
LOCKING THREAD AS ANALYSIS/OPINION LostOne4Ever May 2016 #70
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