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Britney Spears' 'Til the World Ends' a Whole Lot Like Enrique Iglesias' 'Tonight' [VIDEOS]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsIs it imitation or plagiarism? Pop diva Britney Spears released her new single today, and the song, "Til the World Ends," bears some striking similarities to another hit: Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight." Written for Spears by none other than Ke$ha, the verses to "Til the World Ends" follow a nearly identical cadence to those found in "Tonight." As with Lady Gaga's apparent homage to Madonna on "Born This Way," Twitter users were quick to jump on the likeness between the Spears and Iglesias tracks. .bbpBox43425447492583420 ...
US College Shuts Asian Schools Over Cheating
By John O. Membrino - AOL News(July 26) -- A New Jersey college is shutting down its business schools in China and Taiwan after finding what it called "widespread" cheating among students, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Centenary College in Hackettstown is withholding master's degrees from some 400 students at its campuses in Beijing, Shanghai and Taiwan, Debra Albanese, the school's vice president for strategic advancement, told the newspaper. They can opt to take a comprehensive exam to earn their degree or get a tuition refund. Wikipedia Centenary College in Hackettstown, N.J., is shutting down its schools in ...
Sarah Palin Plagiarizes Newt Gingrich?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyLast week, when introducing Ronald Reagan's son, Michael, to a crowd in Anchorage, Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin delivered a speech that made news for its stinging criticism of President Obama's economic stimulus package. Further analysis of the speech, however, suggests that Palin lifted many of its central ideas, and the way they were worded, from fellow conservative (and presumptive competitor in the 2012 race for president) Newt Gingrich. It appears that much of Palin's text was inspired by an article that Gingrich and Craig Shirley published in 2005 in the Manchester Union Leader, titled ...
McCain's Plagiarized Slogan Another Misstep
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAs I reported yesterday, the re-launch of John McCain's campaign is sputtering in its berth, due to a number of miscalculations. The latest of these harks back to a popular gaffe game from the primaries, the subject of plagiarism. McCain introduced a new slogan yesterday in his "love" ad, but as Andrew Sullivan points out (via the UK Telegraph), the mantra is far from fresh: The first work produced for the party was a television broadcast devised by Charles, in which images of everyday Britain were run in reverse. The dramatic sequence was concluded with Michael Heseltine uttering the slogan: ...
McCain Family Recipes From FoodTV's Pantry?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyIn the latest case of alleged plagiarism during this presidential campaign, Huffington Post is reporting that recipes attributed to Cindy McCain are actually of far more expert provenance: This past Sunday, Lauren Handel, an eagle-eyed attorney from New York, was searching for a specific recipe from Giada DeLaurentis, a chef on the Food Network. Yet whenever she Googled the different ingredients in the recipe, the oddest thing happened: not only did the Food Network's site come up, as expected, but so did John McCain's campaign site. On a section of McCain's site called "Cindy's Recipes," you ...
WH Aide Admits Plagiarizing Article
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyTimothy Goeglein, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the White House, admitted to plagiarizing parts of a column he submitted to the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel which appeared in yesterday's edition of the paper. He later resigned. A former columnist for the paper discovered the copied passages in Goeglein's piece by searching for the name of a Dartmouth professor mentioned in the column, and reported it on her blog. The News-Sentinel has pulled Goeglein's other articles from its website and is checking for past instances of plagiarism in them.Goeglein was ...
McCain Plagiarizes Clinton?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyStrange how this has become a running motif of the campaign. Check out John McCain's Web site. That's right, he'll be "Ready to Lead on Day One." Where, pray tell, have we heard that line before? McCain seems to feel that the same strategy that has failed to work for Hillary Clinton will do the trick for him seeing as he is an actual war hero. Yet, this plays right into Barack Obama's hands. All he has to do is point to how the war has gone, and remind people that he didn't support it in the first place, or, to borrow a phrase, "on day one." ...
Videos of the Week
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI turned 40 this week, so pardon me if I seem a little bitter this week. I'll try not to let it show. It was a good week at The Political Machine, lots of action. Before I get to the videos, I wanted to share a really funny comment from a reader. TFitz1017 puts me to shame with this hilarious satire of other posters' "interesting articles": Wow, have you guys seen this? It's all over the internet! I thought it was BS, but now that it has a date and a place name and some needed rewrite, it looks like this might be the real deal! Reports Say Hillary Breaks Breaks Her Own Leg Toledo,OH 2-21-08 ...
You're a Plagiarist! No, You Are!
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI thought that Barack Obama had closed this plagiarism debate last night, declaring it evidence of "the silly season" in politics, and that Hillary had sealed off the cave with her boo-inducing "Xerox" line. Apparently not. According to ABC News' Political punch, there are fresh charges:The Clinton campaign sent this out last night. Sen. Barack Obama said in last night's debate, "In Youngstown, Ohio, I talked to workers who have seen their plants shipped overseas due to consequences of poor deals it's like NAFTA that have literally seen equipment unbolted from the floors of factories and ...
Obama Wins; Hillary Hits Homer in 9th Inning
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMy very brief analysis of tonight's Democratic debate in Texas: Hillary Clinton missed several golden opportunities, and Barack Obama held his own. With her lead in Texas narrowing, and her struggle to win delegates increasingly steep, Hillary Clinton needed a knockout, or needed Obama to fall on his face. That didn't happen, so this is a win for Obama. However, Hillary so badly outclassed Barack on that final question that it makes the earlier missed opportunities that much more glaring. Worst of all was her invocation of the bogus plagiarism charge. After Senator Obama had thoroughly ...
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