[NYTr] GOP Rep Schmidt Caught Plagiarizing In Newspaper Column
 
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:21:32 -0500 (CDT)


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Cincinnati Enquirer via Huffington Post - Sep 7, 2007
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/07/gop-rep-schmidt-caught-pl_n_63484.html

GOP Rep Schmidt Caught Plagiarizing In Newspaper Column

If Rep. Jean Schmidt's latest column on school bus safety looked
familiar, there's a good reason why.

Six sentences from her column of last Tuesday appear to be cut and
pasted in identical form from a column written in October 2005 by
then-Ohio State Highway Patrol Col. Paul McClellan.

Lawmakers, including Schmidt, write and distribute weekly columns that
some newspapers publish on the editorial pages. The columns also are
listed on lawmaker Web sites.

For example, Schmidt's column says: "When exiting the bus, care should
be taken to check that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with
straps do not get caught in the handrails or doors. Additionally,
students should never go back for anything left on the bus, and never
bend down near or under the bus to pick something up that has fallen."

McClellan's column says: "When exiting the bus, care should be taken to
check that clothing with drawstrings and book bags with straps do not
get caught in the handrails or doors. Additionally, students should
never go back for anything left on the bus, and never bend down near or
under the bus to pick something up that has fallen."

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