New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations
New York Magazine is reviewing the work of contract writer Ross Barkan following allegations of plagiarism in multiple articles. Barkan's stories were found to contain passages nearly identical to those in previously published pieces without proper attribution. While Barkan defended his use of hyperlinks and author mentions as sufficient credit, critics maintain that verbatim copying without quotation marks constitutes plagiarism.
- ▪Ross Barkan, a contract writer for New York Magazine, is under review after being accused of plagiarism in at least three articles.
- ▪NPR identified instances where Barkan used long, unattributed passages from The Washington Post, The Intercept, and Compact Magazine.
- ▪Barkan defended his work by stating he included hyperlinks or named authors, but did not use quotation marks for copied text.
- ▪Matthew Schmitz, editor of Compact Magazine, condemned Barkan's article as 'heavily plagiarized' and called on New York Magazine to respond.
- ▪Edward Wasserman, a journalism professor at UC Berkeley, stated that failing to clearly attribute copied language is a serious breach of journalistic ethics.
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Media New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations May 17, 202612:23 AM ET Bobby Allyn Writer Ross Barkan sits for a podcast interview The Honest Broker. YouTube/YouTube hide caption toggle caption YouTube/YouTube New York Magazine is examining the past work of one of its writers who has been accused of plagiarism after publishing at least three stories with striking similarities to other published work. Ross Barkan, who is a contract writer for the magazine, first attracted critical scrutiny when one of his stories earlier this week on the conservative influencer Ben Shapiro appeared to copy another piece on Shapiro published days before in The Washington Post.
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