Jonathan Bailey , a plagiarism consultant for The New York Times , has published his complete analysis of the allegations against Vice President Kamala Harris , describing them as more serious than he initially thought.
Bailey explained on Plagiarism Today that he was unaware of the existence of a full dossier containing additional allegations at the time of his original comments, which led to accusations that The New York Times had withheld information from him. He clarified that his original remarks were labelled as an "initial reaction" rather than a thorough assessment. After reviewing the full dossier, which had been prepared by Dr Stefan Weber , a figure Bailey had previously covered and whose work he had peer-reviewed in 2018, his view of the case became more severe. However, he maintained that, although there were issues with Harris's work, it appeared to be a case of sloppy writing habits rather than deliberate fraud.
Bailey acknowledged that the work had problems but rejected the idea of it being the blatant fraud that some had suggested. He described the issue as falling somewhere between what both sides wanted it to be.
Despite standing by his argument that the examples were more likely to be the result of negligence rather than malice on Harris’s part, Bailey conceded that some instances, particularly two paragraphs directly copied from Wikipedia, were clear cases of plagiarism. He noted that not only was this plagiarism, but it was worsened by the fact that Wikipedia is not typically considered a reliable source, and Weber had identified an error in the information used.
Bailey concluded by acknowledging that his position would likely be unsatisfactory to most. He did not believe the book represented a case of deliberate, malicious plagiarism, but he also did not think it was without significant issues.
In a New York Times article examining the claims, Bailey suggested that the examples amounted to errors rather than a deliberate intent to deceive. He criticised conservative activist Chris Rufo , who had originally reported the story, for exaggerating what he described as minor infractions.
However, Bailey later admitted on X (formerly Twitter) that his original analysis was based only on five examples provided to him by The New York Times and that he had not reviewed the full dossier at the time.
In a post addressing readers from the New York Times article, Bailey made it clear that he had not conducted a comprehensive analysis of the book and that his comments were based solely on the passages shared with him by the reporters.
Chris Rufo, who had reported on the allegations, cited Austrian professor Stefan Weber’s findings, which claimed that Harris and her co-author had committed plagiarism 27 times—24 fragments taken from other authors and three instances of self-plagiarism involving work written with a co-author. Rufo argued that Harris and her co-author had breached academic standards by copying lengthy passages almost verbatim without proper citation or quotation marks, which, he asserted, fit the textbook definition of plagiarism.
Bailey explained on Plagiarism Today that he was unaware of the existence of a full dossier containing additional allegations at the time of his original comments, which led to accusations that The New York Times had withheld information from him. He clarified that his original remarks were labelled as an "initial reaction" rather than a thorough assessment. After reviewing the full dossier, which had been prepared by Dr Stefan Weber , a figure Bailey had previously covered and whose work he had peer-reviewed in 2018, his view of the case became more severe. However, he maintained that, although there were issues with Harris's work, it appeared to be a case of sloppy writing habits rather than deliberate fraud.
Bailey acknowledged that the work had problems but rejected the idea of it being the blatant fraud that some had suggested. He described the issue as falling somewhere between what both sides wanted it to be.
Despite standing by his argument that the examples were more likely to be the result of negligence rather than malice on Harris’s part, Bailey conceded that some instances, particularly two paragraphs directly copied from Wikipedia, were clear cases of plagiarism. He noted that not only was this plagiarism, but it was worsened by the fact that Wikipedia is not typically considered a reliable source, and Weber had identified an error in the information used.
Bailey concluded by acknowledging that his position would likely be unsatisfactory to most. He did not believe the book represented a case of deliberate, malicious plagiarism, but he also did not think it was without significant issues.
In a New York Times article examining the claims, Bailey suggested that the examples amounted to errors rather than a deliberate intent to deceive. He criticised conservative activist Chris Rufo , who had originally reported the story, for exaggerating what he described as minor infractions.
However, Bailey later admitted on X (formerly Twitter) that his original analysis was based only on five examples provided to him by The New York Times and that he had not reviewed the full dossier at the time.
In a post addressing readers from the New York Times article, Bailey made it clear that he had not conducted a comprehensive analysis of the book and that his comments were based solely on the passages shared with him by the reporters.
Chris Rufo, who had reported on the allegations, cited Austrian professor Stefan Weber’s findings, which claimed that Harris and her co-author had committed plagiarism 27 times—24 fragments taken from other authors and three instances of self-plagiarism involving work written with a co-author. Rufo argued that Harris and her co-author had breached academic standards by copying lengthy passages almost verbatim without proper citation or quotation marks, which, he asserted, fit the textbook definition of plagiarism.
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