tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28022930.post115749553213564888..comments2023-08-20T05:15:36.808-04:00Comments on A Shrewdness of Apes: Not Biden Time YetPeter Loewenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16601327720649697797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28022930.post-1157552803976929292006-09-06T10:26:00.000-04:002006-09-06T10:26:00.000-04:00Quotations were also necessary. As was a little hu...Quotations were also necessary. As was a little humility from the Dion people. They messed up; they should admit it. They should also restrain Cherniak.Peter Loewenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601327720649697797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28022930.post-1157506251619478712006-09-05T21:30:00.000-04:002006-09-05T21:30:00.000-04:00Jason,This morning, the reasonable people were wil...Jason,<BR/><BR/>This morning, the reasonable people were willing to give Dion a break on this. If Dion's campaign had come out and said oops, our mistake, an inexperienced staffer got sloppy, everyone would have had a little chuckle and moved on.<BR/><BR/>But this evening, we're not so willing to let you off the hook. Dion's spokespeople - and that includes you because, like it or not, you are a de facto spokesperson for the campaign - came out guns blazing. <BR/><BR/>Instead of acknowledging the error, the campaign made the patently absurd claim that Dion's piece was written before the Suzuki paper came out and just happened to choose the same words. That was supremely dumb, and now Dion's paying the price for poor damage control.<BR/><BR/>His campaign's credibility is shrinking fast and I dare say yours is shrinking with it. My advice is to keep quiet, stop making it worse and hope the story doesn't spread any more than it already has.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I hope Dion's personal reputation doesn't suffer too much because of this. I suspect his only offence is to surround himself with sloppy staffers.Winnipeg Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03060493678110210249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28022930.post-1157503727795237492006-09-05T20:48:00.000-04:002006-09-05T20:48:00.000-04:00Nobody's denying that a footnote was necessary - i...Nobody's denying that a footnote was necessary - its up on the blood site! I'm arguing that an honest mistake does not constitute "plagiarism".Jason Cherniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473304114206630747noreply@blogger.com