Ross Barkan Fired for Plagiarism After New York Magazine Investigation
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Ross Barkan issued a mea culpa Wednesday, after New York Magazine fired him for plagiarism. Youtube/The Honest Broker
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Barkan – who regularly boasted that Mamdani was his campaign manager for his own failed run for local office back in 2018 – made frequent mention of his book in recent weeks.
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The New York Magazine probe was sparked when a Washington Post reporter noticed strong similarities between the lead of one of his articles and the lead Barkan wrote about the same subject in May.
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The book, titled “The Revolutionary: Zohran Mamdani and the Remaking of American Politics,” had been set for an October release but was quietly pulled from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart’s websites.
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Penguin Random House has slammed the brakes on sales and promotions for a forthcoming book by journo Ross Barkan, who was recently fired from New York Magazine over dozens of instances of plagiarism.
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01 New York Post Business He went on to offer a weird explanation for the 67 pieces “that did not include proper attribution of language, information and/or sourcing,” according to New York Mag.
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02 ZeroHedge He wrote this: Whoa. @Forbes chief content officer warns against hiring @kayleighmcenany or other prominent Trump flacks: "Hire any of Trump's fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie." https://t.co/KeXF2gVXVV
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