Carson's prepared testimony contained apparent plagiarism

[RandySF]

Remarks prepared for Dr. Ben Carson to deliver at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday appeared to include several portions of plagiarized text.

Carson, the former neurosurgeon and GOP presidential candidate who has been nominated to serve as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, did not actually deliver the remarks before the Senate Banking Committee. Instead, Carson quickly departed from the prepared text to discuss his life, background and political opinions.

But written testimony provided to the committee and made public had at least two instances where words were copied directly from outside works, with no reference or citation.

An update to Carson’s remarks, which added citations and links to outside material in the text were later posted by the committee and will be entered into the official congressional record.

The transition team for President-Elect Donald Trump said the omissions were made by accident.


http://thehill.com/policy/finance/313984-carsons-prepared-congressional-testimony-contains-apparent-plagiarism

[HassleCat]

1. He is one strange person!

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Seriously. Can any of these mthrfkers write ANYTHING for themselves?

[Docreed2003]

3. So it was amended....only after it was discovered that it was plagiarized...

How convenient....

I'm sad to say that my younger self, more than twenty years ago, read Carson's autobiography and found inspiration in its words. I say that as a grown man and practicing surgeon who has learned more about the truth of Carson's history than I care to admit. He has no business being in this position of authority and is clearly being used by the Trump people but Ben seems to have never seen a con he didn't like.

[herding cats]

4. No one can call this administration original thinkers.

Plagerism is the new "cool" thing for Republicans I guess.

[Cha]

5. So what stopped him?