On the Second Night of the GOP Convention, Donald Trump Jr. Gets His Plagiarism on Too
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The Daily Show tweeted this a little while ago; yes, after Melania Trump’s disastrous plagiarism incident last night, tonight Donald Trump Jr. also lifted whole passages from an article from the American Conservative for his speech, without attribution.
I am now officially speechless.
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 20, 2016
But let’s not forget that Trump Jr. has some far darker associations recently:
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UPDATE at 7/19/16 8:46:57 pm by Charles Johnson
The author of the American Conservative article now says he helped write the speech:
Except it wasn’t stealing…
— Frank Buckley (@fbuckley) July 20, 2016
UPDATE at 7/19/16 8:50:47 pm by Charles Johnson
However — there is such a thing as self-plagiarism, and it’s still considered highly unethical.
