Disgraced Mamdani-loving journo Ross Barkan apologizes — after being caught plagiarizing 67 times
Disgraced journalist Ross Barkan issued an odd apology for 67 instances of plagiarism that cost him his gig at New York Magazine and the launch of his new book — after initially lashing out at the first people to catch him and claiming the allegations were somehow a form of “character assassination.” Barkan changed his tune Wednesday, days after New York Mag axed him and a publisher killed the release of his new book on Mayor Mamdani, whom Barkan frequently cheered. “I am truly sorry for the mistakes I made,” Barkan moaned on X.
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Disgraced journalist Ross Barkan issued an odd apology for 67 instances of plagiarism that cost him his gig at New York Magazine and the launch of his new book — after initially lashing out at the first people to catch him and claiming the allegations were somehow a form of “character assassination.” Barkan changed his tune Wednesday, days after New York Mag axed him and a publisher killed the release of his new book on Mayor Mamdani, whom Barkan frequently cheered. “I am truly sorry for the mistakes I made,” Barkan moaned on X. “None of them, genuinely, were willful or intentional.” He went on to offer a weird explanation for the 67 pieces “that did not include proper attribution of language, information and/or sourcing,” according to New York Mag. “In the course of many columns a week, I did not use citations aggressively as I should have and did not paraphrase well enough,” Barkan wrote.
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- Disgraced journalist Ross Barkan issued an odd apology for 67 instances of plagiarism that cost him his gig at New York Magazine and the launch of his new book — after initially lashing out at the first people to catch him and claiming the allegations were somehow a form of “character assassination.” Barkan changed his tune Wednesday, days after New York Mag axed him and a publisher killed the release of his new book on Mayor Mamdani, whom Barkan frequently cheered. “I am truly sorry for the mistakes I made,” Barkan moaned on X.
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Disgraced Mamdani-loving journo Ross Barkan apologizes — after being caught plagiarizing 67 times
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