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Prairie Gates

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5. The hit piece was by the right wing Washington Free Beacon

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 1, 2024, 09:35 AM

Mar 2024

The NY Times considers it news, apparently. That the Washington Free Beacon is basically selecting anybody in a DEI position and going through their dissertations with a fine-tooth comb is, I suppose, part of the story, but the NY Times feels comfortable playing the "neutral transmitter" of information here.

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Columbia Official Is Accused of Plagiarizing Dissertation From Wikipedia [View all] Prairie Gates Mar 2024 OP

Another NYT hit piece on an Ivy League school's DEI official? sinkingfeeling Mar 2024 #1

The hit piece was by the right wing Washington Free Beacon Prairie Gates Mar 2024 #5

How many conservative-leaning academics are also guilty of plagiarizing? FakeNoose Mar 2024 #8

Yes, the thing about this game is that anyone can play Prairie Gates Mar 2024 #9

Catch is we need some ill gotten loot to fund it IbogaProject Mar 2024 #12

Sounds like a fascist attempt at another hatchet job, but I wanna see the diss and compare. DJ Synikus Makisimus Mar 2024 #2

my first though as well Angrybob2001 Mar 2024 #3

The Wikipedia text was the same back to 2013; his diss was in completed in 2021 Prairie Gates Mar 2024 #7

There's one in the article Prairie Gates Mar 2024 #4

That's not hard to find. Igel Mar 2024 #10

If true, they should rescind his degree MichMan Mar 2024 #6

That seldom happens. Igel Mar 2024 #11

Oh, they care NJCher Mar 2024 #14

Data fakery is rampant in academic STEM fields Prairie Gates Mar 2024 #15

on the other hand NJCher Mar 2024 #13