Accusations of Plagiarism Directed at Kamala Harris
The US Vice President and former district attorney is accused of having taken material from multiple sources for her 2009 book on policing. Read Full Article at RT.com
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, is facing allegations of plagiarism related to her 2009 book on policing, which she co-authored while serving as the district attorney of San Francisco.
Austrian Stefan Weber, a self-identified "plagiarism hunter," conducted an investigation revealing that Harris reportedly borrowed at least 24 fragments from various authors in "Smart on Crime," a book she wrote alongside Joan O’C Hamilton. Additionally, Weber noted that three fragments constituted "self-plagiarism from a work written with a co-author."
“What do these findings say about Kamala Harris? Is she in part fake? Did her ghostwriter plagiarize? Was it just the team behind her? I have no idea. I let other people from the US draw the right conclusions,” Weber stated on his website, where he outlined the alleged instances of plagiarism in Harris' book.
Conservative activist Chris Rufo also reported these allegations, citing specific passages from the Vice President’s book that appeared to be copied verbatim from other sources. He highlighted that Harris seemingly extracted entire sections from Wikipedia, along with closely mirrored text from an NBC News report, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release, and a Bureau of Justice Assistance report, among others.
“There is certainly a breach of standards here. Harris and her co-author duplicated long passages nearly verbatim without proper citation and without quotation marks, which is the textbook definition of plagiarism,” Rufo asserted.
He emphasized that, despite potentially relying on a ghostwriter, Harris bears final responsibility for the content of the book, given that her name is on the cover. Rufo urged both Harris and the book's publisher to retract the plagiarized passages and issue corrections. “There should be a single standard – and Kamala Harris is falling short,” he concluded.
Harris has not addressed the allegations directly, but her campaign has dismissed the claims, asserting that their candidate “clearly cited sources and statistics in footnotes and endnotes throughout” the book.
Anna Muller contributed to this report for TROIB News
Austrian Stefan Weber, a self-identified "plagiarism hunter," conducted an investigation revealing that Harris reportedly borrowed at least 24 fragments from various authors in "Smart on Crime," a book she wrote alongside Joan O’C Hamilton. Additionally, Weber noted that three fragments constituted "self-plagiarism from a work written with a co-author."
“What do these findings say about Kamala Harris? Is she in part fake? Did her ghostwriter plagiarize? Was it just the team behind her? I have no idea. I let other people from the US draw the right conclusions,” Weber stated on his website, where he outlined the alleged instances of plagiarism in Harris' book.
Conservative activist Chris Rufo also reported these allegations, citing specific passages from the Vice President’s book that appeared to be copied verbatim from other sources. He highlighted that Harris seemingly extracted entire sections from Wikipedia, along with closely mirrored text from an NBC News report, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice press release, and a Bureau of Justice Assistance report, among others.
“There is certainly a breach of standards here. Harris and her co-author duplicated long passages nearly verbatim without proper citation and without quotation marks, which is the textbook definition of plagiarism,” Rufo asserted.
He emphasized that, despite potentially relying on a ghostwriter, Harris bears final responsibility for the content of the book, given that her name is on the cover. Rufo urged both Harris and the book's publisher to retract the plagiarized passages and issue corrections. “There should be a single standard – and Kamala Harris is falling short,” he concluded.
Harris has not addressed the allegations directly, but her campaign has dismissed the claims, asserting that their candidate “clearly cited sources and statistics in footnotes and endnotes throughout” the book.
Anna Muller contributed to this report for TROIB News
