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Plagiarist Monica Crowley Resigns From Trump Administration Before It Starts

Posted by Ellen -7849.80pc on January 16, 2017 · Flag

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Former Fox News contributor Monica Crowley has decided not to join the Donald Trump administration after all. Although she said she had decided to “pursue other opportunities” instead, her change of heart occurred after multiple instances of plagiarism were revealed in her work.

The Washington Times reported:

Ms. Crowley, who had been tapped to be senior director of strategic communications at the National Security Council, had been dogged in recent weeks by questions about whether she lifted portions of her past written work from other writers. Her move seemed designed to keep that from becoming a distraction as the Trump team prepares to take office.

“After much reflection I have decided to remain in New York to pursue other opportunities and will not be taking a position in the incoming administration,” she said in a statement. “I greatly appreciate being asked to be part of President-elect Trump’s team and I will continue to enthusiastically support him and his agenda for American renewal.”

As the Times also noted, Crowley was also formerly a columnist and an online opinion editor for the publication. What the Times did not note is that the “questions” about Crowley’s plagiarism have been pretty definitively answered. As we reported in December, CNN found more than 50 examples of plagiarism in her last book, which her publisher subsequently stopped selling. In 2004, we previously reported that a 1999 Wall Street Journal Editorial by Crowley contained so many similarities to another article by someone else, the paper wrote, “Had we known of the parallels, we would not have published the article.”

Since the CNN report, Politico found numerous examples of plagiarism in Crowley’s 2000 Ph.D. dissertation.

But hey, as Crooks and Liars asked, how soon before Fox News puts her back on the air? Fox didn’t let a little thing like a perjury conviction over using racial slurs get in the way of hiring Mark Fuhrman and using him to discuss racially sensitive issues. It certainly hasn’t disturbed Fox that our next president may have committed treason. So why wouldn’t the network pay Crowley to work on “strategic communications” for the Trump administration right there at Trump PR “fair and balanced” HQ?

By the way, in a delicious coincidence, Andrew Kaczynski, the CNN reporter who first shone a spotlight on Crowley’s plagiarism when he found the 50+ examples of in her book, just happened to be a recent arrival from BuzzFeed. That's the same BuzzFeed which Trump has attacked as "a failing pile of garbage" for publishing an unverified dossier about the compromising information Russia has on him. But nobody's denying Crowley's a plagiarist now, eh?

Watch Crowley talk below about how anyone running for president should expect “every word that they utter will be scrutinized and pounded by the left-wing media as well as their opponents.” It's from an October, 2015 O'Reilly Factor appearance, via Crooks and Liars. I guess she didn’t think the same thing applied to her.


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Carol Fisher commented 2017-02-23 10:58:35 -0500 · Flag
Monica isn’t Trump, and her plagiarism isn’t w/i her work in his admin…. why must shallow thinkers always blame Trump for others’ mistakes.
Duke Woolworth commented 2017-01-17 10:36:25 -0500 · Flag
Will Columbia pull her Piled Higher and deeper? Stay tuned.
Kevin Koster commented 2017-01-17 08:18:27 -0500 · Flag
I fully expect O’Reilly to have her on soon, specifically to play this situation as one where CNN will be attacked for having pointed out the obvious plagiarism. This will be presented not as something for her to defend but instead as an example of liberals refusing to allow Trump the wonderful (and fictional) honeymoon period the Right supposedly gave President Obama. O’Reilly will likely present Crowley as a martyr, a decent woman who was wronged by the nasty “far left zealots”.

Keep in mind that O’Reilly’s own scholastic issues with his writing, ie his complete fabrications about his own history, will come into play here. O’Reilly will sympathize with Crowley on the basis of “I know what it’s like to be vilified by these people” and “They only hate you because you’re effective”, etc.
Antoinette commented 2017-01-17 01:10:36 -0500 · Flag
The only reason the Fox “News” suits keep this vile creature on the network is for her looks and blonde hair. She’s dumb as a box of rocks.
Ellen commented 2017-01-16 23:12:38 -0500 · Flag
No, d d,
She did not own up to plagiarizing. So much for that personal responsibility thing conservatives are always lecturing black people about.
d d commented 2017-01-16 19:28:48 -0500 · Flag
Has she even acknowledged that she has been caught plagiarizing or is she simply pretending that it never happened and that her pursuit of “other opportunities” has nothing to do with her being a thieving fraud?

She owes a lot of writers some big time mea culpas for lifting their work without permission and/or proper credit. Hopefully they will go after her with regards to the proceeds of her book at the very least.
David T commented 2017-01-16 17:38:10 -0500 · Flag
Although her fall from grace has been publicly acknowledged by many news sites, Fox News seems to have been silent. I went to FoxNews.com to search for her. All that appears is a long list of her appearances on Fox and other public events prior to her resignation. No word of her resignation by Fox.
Bob Roberts commented 2017-01-16 17:32:50 -0500 · Flag
She’ll be on O’Loofah’s show by weeks end. No mention of her plagiarism. And plenty of cheerleading for the disaster to occur early Fri. afternoon.
David T commented 2017-01-16 17:16:53 -0500 · Flag
Her next move will be to change her name so that PhD is legally part of it. She has been one of the biggest proponents on Fox of conspiracy theories and fake news. Hooray for her very public downfall.
Barbara S commented 2017-01-16 16:59:13 -0500 · Flag
Kellyanne got her alone in a room and threatened to cut her.
mj - the same one commented 2017-01-16 16:15:52 -0500 · Flag
Kind of a shame. As a plagiarist, she’d of fit right in . . .
scooter commented 2017-01-16 15:56:24 -0500 · Flag
Screw you ya lying sack of crap Crowley. Here’s hoping Columbia revokes your degree since you never earned it anyway. Traitorous treasonous cretin.








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