• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Light plagiarism was serious enough that The NY Times ran like 700 stories to get the president of Harvard to resign. But that scandal was like 15 months ago and times have changed. The NY Times now has to cover the Met Gala like it’s a global summit creating a new world order from the ashes of a ruined civilization. Plus, Maggie Haberman needs access so she can save the most newsworthy bits for a book to be released in 2029.

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    17 hours ago

    That bit about Reagan wanting people to worship the state was pretty interesting.

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    16 hours ago

    I don’t think plagiarism matters in general. Information should be free after all. There are far more damming things Hegseth has done that should be called out instead.

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      15 hours ago

      It’s not about information being free it’s about who this information is being credited to.

      If I tell you I had the best idea ever and should be rewarded for it, it definitely matters if I just heard my neighbours talking and repeat what they thought of.

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      7 hours ago

      Terrible take. An inability to remember and report where your ideas came from is both a character problem and a sign of mental deficits. This guy can literally order the death of thousands of people on a whim. I would like to feel assured he is firing on all cylinders.