Biden is broken (again) and, suddenly, journalists defend plagiarism

The former vice president and first Democratic candidate of 2020, Joe Biden, is struggling with a plagiarism scandal.

Again.

And surprisingly enough this time, some media suddenly decided to put other people's work as if it were yours … well, it's not that bad. In fact, they say, it's an excusable and reasonable action. As long as you are not Republican.

Politico magazine Michael Grunwald, for example, said this week in its most blatant attempt to downplay the case of the latest vice president's plagiarism scandal: "We are supposed to be angry at Biden because he copied a few lines of his climate plan Ecologist groups? This is not "plagiarism". It's an "agreement".

That same main writer of Politico once understood that plagiarism is indeed reprehensible behavior. I am convinced that it is only by coincidence that its apparent evolution coincides with the allegations made against a Democratic candidate.

At CNN, presenter Alisyn Camerota presented a defense similar to Biden's, saying Wednesday morning: "Do not talk to experts, check the experts' website, and remove some of their terminology?"

Joshua Green of Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Businessweek, replied, "No, no, you indicate where you pull your plagiarism information other than plagiarism. That's what caused him trouble in the first place.

In the world of partisan comments, there have been similar attempts to minimize the Biden plagiarism scandal.

The former vice-president's campaign team is struggling this week to explain why his climate proposal seemed to be plagiarized by environmental groups, including the Blue Green Alliance and the Carbon Capture Coalition. One might think that the candidate whose first attempt at the post of president in 1988 was ruined by a plagiarism scandal would send a message to all the staff members. extremely Be careful not to raise the work of others. But you would be wrong.

And on Wednesday, the Biden campaign was again tackled for plagiarism also on the issue of education.

I do not know what's most fascinating: Biden has been caught again in plagiarism scandals or that there are people in the press who seriously suggest that theft, in this case, is not so serious.