By: Jane Hamsher Sunday May 17, 2009 2:55 pm

I mean, this is crazy. Joshua from The Joshua Blog finds this from MoDo’s column today:

More and more the timeline is raising the question of why, if the torture was to prevent terrorist attacks, it seemed to happen mainly during the period when the Bush crowd was looking for what was essentially political information to justify the invasion of Iraq.

Josh Marshall on May 14:

More and more the timeline is raising the question of why, if the torture was to prevent terrorist attacks, it seemed to happen mainly during the period when we were looking for what was essentially political information to justify the invasion of Iraq.

She should’ve just added it straight without inserting "the Bush crowd," then if she got busted she’d be able to claim that none of the 8 editors who have to approve NYT articles before they go up happened to notice that it was supposed to be a quote.

Well, that ought to be enough to secure her a regular spot on Meet the Press.

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dakine01 May 17th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

MoDo’s response:

So what’s the problem? It was only from a damn blog!

Waccamaw May 17th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Wonder how many more of these “lifts” there are to be found in the stuff NYT publishes with her name on it?

Teddy Partridge May 17th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

Blogger ethics panel, stat!

Seriously, if MoDo plagiarized you, would you be flattered or depressed? I feel bad for Josh.

selise May 17th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

hahaha!

via twitter this morning:

glenngreenwald: So bizarre – Maureen Dowd’s column today is coherent, substantive and persuasive – how’d that happen? …

answer: it wasn’t modo, it was josh marshall?

Teddy Partridge May 17th, 2009 at 4:39 pm

Oh, she admits it now:

BREAKING: Dowd Admits Plagiarism To NYTPicker: “Josh Is Right,” Dowd Says. Plus She Blames It On “A Friend.”
Maureen Dowd has sent the NYTPicker this comment on today’s accusation of plagiarism:

josh is right. I didn’t read his blog last week, and didn’t have any idea he had made that point until you informed me just now.
i was talking to a friend of mine Friday about what I was writing who suggested I make this point, expressing it in a cogent — and I assumed spontaneous — way and I wanted to weave the idea into my column.
but, clearly, my friend must have read josh marshall without mentioning that to me.
we’re fixing it on the web, to give josh credit, and will include a note, as well as a formal correction tomorrow.

We have emailed Dowd some followup questions, including comment on the identity of her “friend.”

One possibility is Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic’s longtime literary editor. It has long been rumored that Dowd speaks frequently to Wieseltier about her work, and considers him a close adviser on her column’s content and point of view.

BooRadley May 17th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

In response to Teddy Partridge @ 3

Nice one, that had to hurt. LMAO.

Waccamaw May 17th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

In response to Teddy Partridge @ 5

One possibility is Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic’s longtime literary editor. It has long been rumored that Dowd speaks frequently to Wieseltier about her work, and considers him a close adviser on her column’s content and point of view.

Fiddlydidi! Talkin’ to a friend, my forkin’ foot! That exactitude of language isn’t accident/error/mistake…..it’s plagiarism, plain and simple.

cbl2 May 17th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

hey Teddy !

just now saw your FB reply – thx. and I see your back in fine fettle :D

Phoenix Woman May 17th, 2009 at 6:19 pm

Gee, and how many personal assistants does MoDo have helping her write her damned column? Cripes, do they even frickin’ chew her food for her?

tbsa May 17th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

Press The Meet is a good place for MoDo. With Timmeh gone, the show is finding it’s place in obscurity.

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