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Wpnieditor / washingtonpost.blog:
Ben Domenech Resigns — In the past 24 hours, we learned of allegations that Ben Domenech plagiarized material that appeared under his byline in various publications prior to washingtonpost.com contracting with him to write a blog that launched Tuesday. — An investigation into these allegations …
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Augustine / RedState:
Red America Ends — Red America, my new blog at washingtonpost.com, has been under attack since its launch. It is a conservative blog on a mainstream media site, so many of the attacks were expected. If one bothers to read it, I believe it stands as a welcome addition to the opinion debate.
Robert B. Bluey / Human Events:
Blogger Ben Domenech Strikes Back; Calls Post Editors 'Fools' — In his first public comments since resigning earlier today as a blogger for washingtonpost.com, Ben Domenech says his editors there were "fools" for not expecting an onslaught of attacks from the left.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
'Red America' Blogger Resigns — A 24-year-old conservative blogger hired by The Washington Post Co.'s Web site resigned today, three days after his debut, amid a flurry of allegations of plagiarism. — Ben Domenech, an editor with Regnery Publishing, relinquished the part-time position hours …
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Michelle Malkin:
THE DOMENECH DEBACLE — ***scroll for updates...statement from NRO...Domenech speaks to Human Events Online...Ben's statement up at Red State (there is no explanation of the apparent cribbing in the NRO piece)*** — I just got home from Pittsburgh and am late heading out the door …
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The Corner on National Review Online:
DOMENECH, CONTINUED [The Editors] — As we mentioned in our earlier editor's note, staff here at National Review Online are going through all of the pieces Ben Domenech has written for us (the most recent of which appears to have been published in 2002) in light of questions raised in the wake …
Ben Domenech / New York Press:
Capitol Shooter — •I walked out of the bright Friday sun and into the Capitol Bldg.'s Document Entrance two hours before the gunman arrived. The back of my collar scratched sweat against my skin, and I loosened my tie in a vain effort to find relief from the sultry July heat.
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Washington Post Blogger Quits After Plagiarism Accusations — A 24-year-old blogger for The Washington Post, Ben Domenech, resigned yesterday after being confronted with evidence that he had plagiarized articles in other publications. — His resignation came after writing six blog items …
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Red America, RIP... and the Great Blogger Bake Off — "Now that Ben Domenech has resigned from washingtonpost.com I hope Jim Brady will do the right thing, the creative thing, the thing that would turn this sorry episode around and allow the post.com to come out with a win for its readers and in the blogosphere..."
Rick Moran / The American Thinker:
It appeared to be the beginning of something new and exciting for the mainstream press.
It appeared to be the beginning of something new and exciting for the mainstream press.
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Krempasky / RedState:
On behalf of RedState — A young man took something and called it his own.
On behalf of RedState — A young man took something and called it his own.
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Oliver Willis
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
The Moral of Box Turtle Ben: Don't Appease the Right-wing
The Moral of Box Turtle Ben: Don't Appease the Right-wing
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BREITBART.COM:
Afghan Christian 'likely to be released soon': official — An Afghan Christian facing possible execution for converting from Islam was likely to be released from jail "soon," a senior government official said following huge Western pressure over the case. — "He is likely to be released soon …
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Sanjoy Majumder / BBC:
Mood hardens against Afghan convert — Increasing international pressure over the case of Christian convert Abdul Rahman is forcing the Afghan government to play a careful balancing act between its Western allies and religious conservatives at home. — Under the interpretation …
Mary Katharine Ham / Hugh Hewitt:
A Rally For Abdul Rahman
A Rally For Abdul Rahman
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Anthony Browne / Times of London:
Chirac flees summit in a fury over use of English — Read Charles Bremner's Paris weblog on Chirac's walk-out — PRESIDENT CHIRAC stormed out of the first session of a European Union summit dominated by a row over French nationalism because a fellow Frenchman insisted on speaking English.