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Ross Barkan was accused of plagiarism by multiple reporters over the weekend, prompting New York Magazine to launch an internal review of his past columns.
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Afterbetween the two articles, New York Magazine updated its piece with an editor's note offering credit to the Washington Post, though Harwell explained he wasn't"entirely sure what happened.
"of what appeared to be Barkan lifting similar phrases and descriptions from The Intercept and Compact Magazine on other reports. "The paragraphs in question are summarizing the historical background or context of the stories, with some instances containing the same 30 words in a row, or near identical passages with a word or phrase slightly tweaked," Allyn wrote.
, New York Magazine issued a statement that it would be"conducting a review of the writer's prior work" in light of this report. Barkan defended his work in his own comment to Fox News Digital, saying that he"did not plagiarize anyone" and"ll of this is ridiculous.
" "Here's a lesson for reporters out there. When you are writing a story, don't email at 11:24 p.m. and threaten someone for comment about a story you publishing 'tonight.
' It's deeply unserious. @BobbyAllyn's been doing this a long time, and it sure doesn't show," Barkan wrote on Saturday. , he wrote,"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"I get it - media reporters get bored.
We all hunt for ideas. We all get obsessed with Twitter. But this is one of the dumber controversies imaginable,"Meanwhile, Harwell has shared NPR's report and stood by his accusation.
"@RossBarkan copied my lede almost word for word. @BobbyAllyn found other questionable passages, and @NYMag is reviewing his work. Now Ross says it's 'one of theCompact Magazine editor Matthew Schmitz, who agreed that Barkan"heavily plagiarized" Compact writer Juan David Rojas' work, also called out Barkan's comments.
"So @RossBarkan heavily plagiarized a @rojasrjuand article in Compact. He claims that this is a-ok because he linked to Juan’s article. No. That isn’t how it works," Schmitz wrote. Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.
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