1 month and 2 days after being suspended for plagiarizing his letter of 14 February, Frank is back and plagiarizing again!
Yes indeed folks! He didn’t learn his lesson whatsoever. And apparently neither did Charles Richardson. Oh by the way Charles, since I know you read this blog, the New York Times Rights and Permissions Department was VERY interested to know about Frank’s plagiarism.
Frank’s letter today was plagiarized from the New York Times article Tea Party Avoids Divisive Social Issues by Kate Zernike. I found her article to be fairly objective, whereas Frank’s plagiarism of her work is full of his usual ultra-left-wing vitriol against the Tea Party movement. Not only did he plagiarize her work, he also twisted it to fit his own agenda.
Here’s Frank Gadbois’ letter. Highlited in red are the parts he plagiarized.
The Tea Party leadership is anti-social, has no platform or headquarters. No mention of God, family and life in their manifestos. The Tea Party Patriots has as its motto “fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets. (1)” They would “scrap the tax code. ” Their concerns are the “proper role of government, tax policy and the federal budgeting process” with only scant mention of social issues.(2)
The Tea Party movement mainly arose because the Republican Party under former President George W. Bush failed to be “representative of the economic conservative ideology.”(3)
Bush left our nation with $7.2 trillion in unfunded debt plus a $1.3 trillion deficit. Yet, ironically, most of us like some of the main elements of big government, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicare Part “D” Medicaid and earmarks for Middle Georgia.
Some Tea Party leaders even criticize Sarah Palin — normally one of their heroines — “for advocating divine intervention to help the country.”(4)
They are all about emphasizing “a return to the strict meaning of the Constitution.” They champion states’ rights and the Tenth Amendment, which restricts the role of the federal government.”(5)
The Tea Party leaders are right to aim for a big tent large enough to accommodate many different views.
Now here’s the parts of Kate Zernike’s article that Frank Gadbois plagiarized.
(1) God, life and family get little if any mention in statements or manifestos. The motto of the Tea Party Patriots, a large coalition of groups, is “fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets.”
(2) The Independence Caucus questionnaire, which many Tea Party groups use to evaluate candidates, poses 80 questions, most on the proper role of government, tax policy and the federal budgeting process, and virtually none on social issues.
(3) This is a movement that rose largely because of the Republican Party failing to deliver on being representative of the economic conservative ideology.
(4) And some leaders criticized Sarah Palin — normally a Tea Party favorite — for advocating “divine intervention” to help the country.
(5) Tea Party leaders champion states’ rights, holding dear the Tenth Amendment, which restricts the role of the federal government.
I’ve also contacted Kate Zernike and alerted her personally of this plagiarism.
Look Charles, this isn’t about partisan politics nor is it about your petty little personal biases. Plagiarism is theft. Ms. Zernike’s work was stolen by Frank Gadbois and passed off as his own. That is called stealing. You of all people, as an editor of the Macon Telegraph should know that. And Frank Gadbois, as a retired librarian, should know it as well.
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