Copycat Columnist

By Nergish Sunavala

CNN reported that a senior White House official, Tim Goeglein, was caught plagiarizing large sections of an article which he published in an Indiana newspaper, the News-Sentinel. On further investigation it was found that he was guilty of many more instances of plagiarism. Goeglein has accepted full responsibility and apologized profusely to the newspaper staff. He says that “pride and vanity” lead him to make this mistake. A statement released by the White House says that the President is disappointed and saddened for Tim and his family. Goeglein has been a columnist for the News-Sentinel for over twenty years. He was never paid for his articles and he was under no deadline pressure. A Photo of the White House by Ron Edmonds © 2008 The Associated Press.