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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
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A Fresh Plagiarism Story To Ring in the New Only it’s not that fresh, since, like most of his breed, this one, a columnist at the Baltimore Sun, has been at it awhile. A lot of these veteran paper boys (Bob Greene, that Irish guy in New York whose name I can’t remember) seem to be rascals, risk-takers, corner-cutters, whatever. This one at least has good taste, preferring to pilfer paragraphs from his betters at the Washington Post and New York Times. Plus he has x-ray vision. Olesker's credibility was questioned more than a year ago by members of the [Maryland Governor Ehrlich’s] staff. They complained about a Nov. 16, 2004, column in which Olesker wrote that Ehrlich's communications director, Paul E. Schurick, was "struggling mightily to keep a straight face" when he said political gain was not a consideration in the governor's appearances in commercials promoting state tourism. Olesker acknowledged that he did not attend the hearing at which Schurick spoke and apologized, saying the reference to Schurick's expression was intended metaphorically, not literally. |