New York Magazine Investigates Writer Ross Barkan for Plagiarism Allegations Amid Controversial Coverage
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New York Magazine is investigating writer Ross Barkan for plagiarism after he seemingly ripped off his lede paragraph in a recent hit piece against The Daily Wire.
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NPR NewsRoss Barkan, who is a contract writer for the magazine, first attracted critical scrutiny when one of his stories earlier this week on the conservative influencer Ben Shapiro appeared to copy another piece on Shapiro published days before in The Washington Post.
New York PostThe contributor, Ross Barkan, was accused of ripping off other writers in at least three articles published recently in the magazine — including a Washington Post report from last week on Ben Shapiro and questions over the health of his conservative media empire.
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He added that this is “all quite ridiculous.” Barkan has been a prolific writer, and liberal, in the New York scene. In addition to New York Magazine, he has also written for The New York Times, and in 2018 ran for state senate (but lost) as a Democrat.
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NPR NewsIn an emailed statement, Barkan said, "this is all quite ridiculous." He said inserting hyperlinks in his columns to writers he was pulling from, and, in the case of the Compact Magazine piece, naming the writer, was enough acknowledgement that he was leaning on another journalist's reporting.
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Barkan, for his part, lashed out on X over the saga — denying he ever blatantly stole other writers’ work, insisting he “properly hyperlinked and cited” where necessary.
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NPR NewsBarkan did not deny relying on other writers' work. Instead, he defended his methods by arguing that he included a hyperlink to the pieces that inspired his own, or named the author whose words he replicated in his own writing.
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“Between Crain’s and New York Magazine in the last calendar year, I have published something like 150 columns. A story is currently being written about 3. One was updated with proper citation, and the other two had proper citations already,” he said.
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NPR NewsSince then, he has been a remarkably prolific writer. In addition to being a contributor to New York magazine, he also writes for Crain's New York, The New York Times and other publications.
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Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel, honored “Nakba Day” – marking what Palestinians call the “catastrophe” of the Jewish State’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948. Paul Martinka for NY Post
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The Daily WireMamdani’s public commemoration of the Nakba — the Arabic term for “The Catastrophe” — focuses heavily on the displacement of more than 700,000 Palestinians during the founding of the State of Israel. By framing the event as a unilateral act of Zionist aggression, Mamdani completely erases the fact that Arab leadership initiated the hostilities, while simultaneously ignoring the systematic expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Jews from Arab lands during the same era.
New York TimesMamdani’s Nakba Day Social Media Post Marks Shift for N.Y.C. Mayors Pro-Palestinian New Yorkers celebrated Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision to post about the Palestinians’ day of remembrance, but the move was criticized by some Jewish leaders.
Democracy NowGuests Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians still face widespread oppression and violence from the Israeli state as it continues its expansionary project. “Israel tried, since 1948 until today, to destroy us as a people, as a group, and they failed at it. Our people are still there, resilient,” says Palestinian writer Muhammad Shehada, who was born in Gaza and now lives in Denmark. Shehada discusses the ongoing process of the Nakba, including its latest intensification after October 7, 2023. “Now this veneer of civility has fallen off. The mask was taken off.
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These same groups led protests at a Jewish synagogue and community center in New York City this past week, resulting in viral clashes with Jewish community members.
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New York TimesHow Fights Over West Bank Settlements Are Unfolding at N.Y.C. Synagogues Demonstrations outside synagogues have turned real estate sales in Israel and in the occupied territories into a political issue in the city. The protesters’ tactics have disturbed some New Yorkers.
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01 New York Post “‘Multiple’ is barely any out of hundreds and most are incredibly weak examples. This is the definition of a non-story. I am proud of my record, and it speaks for itself. I’ll put it up against anyone’s in this industry, including your own,” he added in a follow up post.
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02 The Daily Wire Happy Nakba Day to you and yours! I celebrate the failed attempt to Holocaust the middle eastern Jews. Are you with me?
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03 NBC News GAZA BORDER, Israel — A river of Israeli flags winds through a desert path as hundreds of people, young and old, march toward the border in a display of their determination to build new Jewish settlements atop the rubble of northern Gaza.
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04 NPR News Matthew Schmitz, the editor of Compact Magazine, wrote on X condemning what he described as Barkan's "heavily plagiarized" article, saying he has called on the magazine to address the pilfered sections.
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05 Fox News Several masked demonstrators carried Hamas flags at an anti-Israel protest in Manhattan on Friday, while a Hezbollah flag waved above the crowd, hours after federal authorities charged an alleged Kataib Hezbollah operative of plotting attacks on Jewish community centers and a Manhattan synagogue.
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06 Breitbart During his closing monologue on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that “There is a frothing anxiousness for the literal extermination of” Jews, but Democrats are indulging their “brainwashed by TikTok constituents” rather than combating antisemitism and “All the people likely running for president now on the Democratic side want it known they don’t take money from AIPAC, the Israeli lobby, a stance which gives permission to actual antisemites to say, see? We’re right about Israel, that’s dirty money from a dirty country.”
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07 New York Times They Fled to Safety in Palestinian Territory, Then Settlers Attacked Again Violent settlers are not merely clearing Palestinians from land under Israel’s control. They are attacking areas where Israel agreed to Palestinian self-governance.
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08 Democracy Now And now it’s a matter of national pride in Israel to brag about annihilating Palestinians.”
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