Publisher pulls Monica Crowley's book

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CNN ?@CNN 30m30 minutes ago
JUST IN: Publisher pulls Trump pick Monica Crowley's book after CNN investigation finds over 50 cases of plagiarism http://cnn.it/2jzRj1C

Publisher HarperCollins said Tuesday that it will stop selling a book by Monica Crowley that a CNN KFile investigation found to have more than 50 instances of plagiarism.

Crowley was picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council. CNN's KFile reported Saturday that Crowley's 2012 book, "What The (Bleep) Just Happened," lifted work from columnists, news reports, articles, and think tanks.

"The book, which has reached the end of its natural sales cycle, will no longer be offered for purchase until such time as the author has the opportunity to source and revise the material," HarperCollins said in a statement to CNN's KFile.

A request for comment from the Trump transition team was not immediately returned. A spokesperson for the Trump transition team told CNN's KFile Saturday when the initial report was published that they were standing by Crowley.

"HarperCollins—one of the largest and most respected publishers in the world—published her book which has become a national best-seller. Any attempt to discredit Monica is nothing more than a politically motivated attack that seeks to distract from the real issues facing this country," the spokesperson said

read: http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/10/media/kfile-harper-collins-monica-crowley/index.html?sr=twCNN011017kfile-harper-collins-monica-crowley0558PMVODtopLink&linkId=33237174

Jay Rosen ?@jayrosen_nyu 5m5 minutes ago
I updated my post, 'Plagiarism charges against Monica Crowley put her publishing house on stage.' http://pressthink.org/2017/01/plagiarism-charges-monica-crowley-put-publishing-house-stage/ …

[malaise]

1. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah - et thee to the greatest page

Rec

[Fla Dem]

2. News Corp owns Harper Collins

http://corporate.harpercollins.com/about-us/company-profile

HarperCollins was founded by brothers James and John Harper in New York City in 1817 as J. and J. Harper, later Harper & Brothers. In 1987, as Harper & Row, it was acquired by News Corporation. The worldwide book group was formed following News Corporation's 1990 acquisition of the British publisher William Collins & Sons. Founded in 1819, William Collins & Sons published a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics, expanding over the years to include legendary authors such as H. G. Wells, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis.

[pandr32]

3. Now if only her PhD were next.

[Hekate]

4. Editors are a dying breed, sad to say. Personal sense of shame is even deader, for some....

I remember when Doris Kearns Goodwin was called out for ONE unattributed paragraph or section, and she blamed her system of 3X5 file cards -- which, having come up in that era, I can understand. Goodwin apologized fulsomely, clearly felt the disgrace, and still feels it today. She has a sense of honor, and a sense of what honest scholarship is.

Trump nominees? Not so much.

[Rural_Progressive]

7. Honor? Honesty? What in the world are you talking about?

The residents of the alt-universe refute that sort of liberal, elitist, foolishness. Those concepts have no place in their world view.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. she is now approaching presidential material

[JHB]

6. Why would a "politically motivated attack" be a negative when it's about...

...a politically motivated book-length smear job?

Reap what you sew, Monica.

[keithbvadu2]

8. She won't have to worry about plagiarism as Putin will write her material for her.

[No Vested Interest]

9. Crowley's PhD dissertation? What was the subject of her "work"? nt

[tblue37]

11. Here is its title:

Clearer Than Truth: Determining and Preserving Grand Strategy: The Evolution of American Policy Toward the People’s Republic of China Under Truman and Nixon

(Degree = Ph.D. in international relations)

[No Vested Interest]

12. Thanks for quick response. nt

[tblue37]

14. BTW, you all should read the Politico article. It provides side-by-side highlighted

passages from the originals and her plagiarized version. I think she might have her degree rescinded. Certainly that is what should happen!

[Yavin4]

10. In her defense, she never expected anyone to actually read her book.

Normally, the Koch Bros. or some other right wing, well-funded group buys such books in bulk just to jack up sales.

[progressoid]

13. She got paid.

Harper Collins got paid.

It's all fine for them.

[yardwork]

15. Will Columbia University rescind her PhD?

[tavernier]

16. "Politically motivated" is the new trump catch phrase.

Just so we all understand that anything said or done by a non trump cheerleader is totally based on politics.

I am presently eating a donut and drinking a cup of coffee. Damn democrats politically motivated me to do this. I will gain weight this week. Thanks a lot.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

17. Trump's team appears to be composed of the lowest of the low.

Mortifying.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. thanks and kicked !

[central scrutinizer]

19. There's plenty of plagiarism finding programs and websites

Every first year college composition teacher I know uses them. There's no excuse for letting this book get this far. Maybe her dissertation was written before these tools were available?